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AICN & Twitch Present International Eye Candy! IMAGO MORTIS, Korean giant pig flick CHAW, HISSS, SAMURAI FICTION and more!
The Cannes Film Festival has come and gone and it's a sleepy Todd from Twitch typing this installment of the fortnightly International Eye Candy. Yep, you guessed it – we've got a couple Cannes related findings this time out but the big stars are a pair of films – one Australian, one Belgian – that didn't make the cut at the big fest. What could they be? Read on!
We begin this world tour in Japan, land of many 'inspirations' for Quentin Tarantino. Anybody recall the silhouette sword fight in KILL BILL? That was a direct lift from a fantastic Japanese film called SAMURAI FICTION, by Hiroyuki Nakano. For a brief moment Nakano was pretty much the guy when it came to Japanese film with crossover appeal and then everything kind of fell apart when he tackled a big budget ninja film that failed horribly. Nakano retreated back to his career in still photography and has been largely absent from screens since, his last significant project a Sonny Chiba-starring remake of Kurosawa's SEVEN SAMURAI shot to play on a high end pachinko machine.
But no more! Nakano is back with TAJOMARU, a big budget period action spectacle with Oguri Shun – probably the hottest young actor in Japan right now – playing the same character Toshiro Mifune played in Kurosawa's RASHOMON, though this is a different story. All of that to say there's a trailer and it looks pretty damn good.
Find the TAJOMARU trailer here
Jennifer Lynch has got herself one sexy snake lady in HISSS, her Bollywood produced take on the ancient Indian nagin legend. Yep, you read that right: Jennifer Lynch went and made herself a film in Bollywood, she brought legendary effects man Robert Kurtzman with her, and the results look absolutely fantastic. This trailer actually leaked a few weeks back before disappearing from the net under a storm of cease and desist letters but it's back now and in significantly higher resolution than before, too. Very tasty …
Check out the trailer for HISSS here
Yes, you should all know the routine on this one by now. It's VALHALLA RISING, the Viking epic from PUSHER director Nicolas Winding Refn. We've been tracking it and steering the way to trailers and clips for ages now (because Refn is the ass kickingest of ass kickers) and what we've got now is not a new trailer but two minutes of Mads Mikkelsen as One-Eye beating Vikings about the head and shoulders. Yes, please.
Indulge your Viking urges here
Though attention and anticipation for French survival horror VERTIGE – previously known as FERRATA or HIGH LANE in English – hasn't been running nearly as high as it has for Gallic horror offerings THE HORDE or THE PACK it is certainly looking to be one of the more solid genre offerings from the region this year. The film starts as a climbing adventure with a group of pretty young things exploring a mountain trail closed to the public for safety concerns. And I know what you're thinking: trails closed for safety reasons are prime locations for bad things to happen. Which they do, with cables snapping and bridges collapsing and boys in danger of losing their girlfriends to other, more manly boys. And just when the group thinks they're safely at the top of the mountain the realize that things are even worse up there on account of the crazy killer that lives up top with his assortment of bear traps and pointy things. And so the blood begins to flow. I caught a market screening of this one and it's pretty dead solid, very fun.
Find the VERTIGE trailer here
And now the first of the two big finds in this week's column, this one being the Belgian entry. Jaco Van Dormael's MR NOBODY stars Jared Leto and Sarah Polley in what has to be one of the most unique scifi concepts I've come across in ages. Rather than playing the 'decisions split the universe into parallel threads' line so common these days, Van Dormael flips the concept on his head and has Leto simply refuse to make decisions, thus allowing him to experience every possibility in every parallel world simultaneously. And then he plays it all as a dreamy love story. This one just looks gorgeous …
Pay a visit to MR NOBODY here
One of the big finds at this years Cannes – and one of very few films that critics seemed able to agree on – Greek offering DOGTOOTH took home both prizes and praise with its story of quite possibly the most dysfunctional family ever, the children kept locked secure in their walled compound, Daddy going so far as to bring in outsiders to service his son's sexual needs. The praise for this one was loud and pretty much unanimous and there is now an English subtitled trailer available.
Find the DOGTOOTH trailer here
Considerably more divisive – and no real surprise there – was Gaspar Noe's ENTER THE VOID. The latest from the controversial director of IRREVERSIBLE, VOID is a hypnotic reflection on life from the point of view of a dead drug dealer and while there isn't a full trailer yet – Noe is a notorious control freak and reluctant to release any materials whatsoever – there is a very brief teaser out there.
ENTER THE VOID here
Giant pig! It aint RAZORBACK, it's Korean creature feature CHAW and it just might be the giantest giant pig ever.
Find the CHAW teaser here
How's this for pedigree: Producers of PAN'S LABYRINTH and THE ORPHANAGE combine with the writer of [REC] to produce an Italian shocker about a secret society obsessed with capturing images of the soul at death. It's Stefano Bessoni's IMAGO MORTIS, a film we've covered here before but a new – and superior – Spanish trailer has just arrived on the scene.
Find the IMAGO MORTIS trailer here
Gotta love Timur Bekmambetov. With the NIGHT WATCH films having paved his way to Hollywood where he is seemingly two for two so far – as the director of WANTED and producer of 9 – the man hasn't forgotten where he came from. Bekmambetov continues to work in Russia and right now he's serving as producer on BLACK LIGHTNING, the directorial debut from one of his key support crew. It's a flying car adventure, one that we ran a very impressive – and very brief – first teaser for a while back. The second teaser has now arrived and while it's still very brief it shows off significantly more of both the flying car – a Volga – and the young man who discovers it and uses it to fight crime.
Get aboard BLACK LIGHTNING here
In the world of crime fiction Steig Larsson's Millennium Trilogy have been hailed as golden children in recent years, proving hugely popular around the globe as they are translated from Swedish into a variety of languages – the English version of the first volume (THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO) already available with the second due in July. And the film adaptations are looking to do the same, the first entry sweeping the globe to great success earlier this year and the second about to arrive. And, yes, the trailer for the second film – THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE – has just arrived and the reason for the success is plenty obvious: it just looks fantastic.
Find THE GIRLWHO PLAYED WITH FIRE here
Indonesia has long been a farm for low grade horror film, scores of scare flicks churned out every year on the cheap, barely any of them drawing any sort of notice outside of Indonesia's borders. But that's all about to change thanks to directorial duo The Mo Brothers. The pair first attracted attention with their stunning short film DARA – a film that aims to blend Eastern and Western horror styles – and that short proved so successful that they are now polishing up the feature length expansion MACABRE. Expect to hear a whole lot more about this one in coming months …
Find the first trailer for MACABRE here!
And, finally, we arrive at the Aussie film mentioned at the beginning of things, the Hugo Weaving-starring road flick LAST RIDE. It's a sort of slow motion road / crime drama with Weaving as a low level criminal on the run into the outback accompanied only by his young son. It's an atmospheric, beautifully shot bit of work and Weaving looks absolutely stellar in it. Though the tone is quite different I can't help but feel like it's some sort of cousin to John Hillcoat's THE PROPOSITION. Absolutely fantastic. We've run a pair of short teasers before but the full theatrical trailer has just arrived on the scene.
Find the LAST RIDE trailer here
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http://www.mymavra.com/ - awesome articles/reviews this week. Boom and Fu hit up some new comics!
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Sounds epically fucked up!
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Huzzah!
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Sounds like A Perfect World.
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When's it coming out?
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Sounds interesting. Damn work! Not allowing me to watch the trailers!
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Sold!
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Makes the 1989 Punisher look like Malcolm X.
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Awesome. And that Viking thing looks like hte shiznit too.
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GIANT PIG!!!!!
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it's simply magnificent.
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for this Alien fiasco. This has now become my pet TB hatred.
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"Well sir, it's the AICN monkeys. They don't seem to like the Alien origin story" "Fuck them. They don't go to see our films anyway. Now fetch me a latte"
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Fucking hell. That's work out the window for the next hour and a half.
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Fucking Fox. Just for that I'm not seeing Avatar legally. I shall pirate it.
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it's the story of one boy and his first xenomorph. Cue shit comedy and explosions. Fast cut editing and inexplicable slow motion shot of facehugger hitting a wall. Soundtrack by Aerosmith.
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Because technically it's great, but I don't care about any of the characters and the close-up of the cat is one of the goofiest fucking shots I have ever seen. Aliens, in contrast, is just fun.
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I feel like I have to mentally prepare myself and book an hour with a psychiatrist for the morning after I've seen it. That and Anti-Christ are on top of my must-see list right now. Valhalla Rising, Dogtooth and Black Lightning have me interested. Hey, Twitch, how about a DVD column? Harry's column won't even cover 20% of the stuff you guys have on your site. Sure would be nice to know when or if they're finally available on DVD. Took me forever to find The Chaser, for instance (great, great movie, by the way). Some foreign movies are just really tough to get your hands on.
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but never because of the cat shot. the character thing is really strange, because I care about them much more than the Space Marines in Aliens. Probably because there's less of them
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Now, back to Alien.
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it's just shit. Really AICN guys, sort it out.
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Been a while for that hasn't it?I still say Valhalla Rising is the must see here but giant killer pig is intriguing.Vader, I actually took your kit home and I'm adding more movies to it. The time has come to get out a fresh batch of kits to everyone as the Asian movie scene has exploded but good this year. I have a backlog of a dozen or more so I need a full week just to catch up.Goddamn breakfast feels like it's about to come back up. I wish a bus would just hit me and get this misery over with.I don't understand why people are knocking that Bad Lieutenant trailer. I think it looks refreshing as hell. Tarantino wishes his trailer looked so good.Alien remake? Why oh why can't they just make a proper sequel? Pretend like the last few don't exist.Christ I'm tired.
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And I love both Alien and Aliens, but for different reasons. One is simply an action film, the other more of a scary movie. The marines are quite disposable, and it's no question you can relate to the crew from Alien much easier. It's much more "personal" I think.
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I can keep you up to date on any and all Asian releases. Any foreign releases for that matter. And you're always welcome to join the Donor's DVD Club. So just pop in here anytime and ask me what's coming out.The Chaser was fantastic.As soon as the Bale News site is fully up and running, I'll put up a foreign DVD release column.
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Train her in the practical arts of shitheel disposal well.
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on the site...some good stuff there. my mate worked on valhalla rising
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The must see movie of the year.
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Worry not...both my girls will follow the ways of 2for2true.
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May 28, 2009 8:58:00 AM CDT
The only Aliens I pretend don't exist are the...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
AvP fiascos. Alien3 is great IMO. Not so much Resurrection but it had very good moments. Just too many shitty ones.
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me anymore. Nothing is untouchable...fuck, they'll probably remake the Untouchables.
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Check out ninjarap in the Castlevania TB. There's someone out there that likes that talentless cunt PWSAndersen.
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May 28, 2009 8:59:07 AM CDT
Avert your gaze from the Alien remake shitstorm for a moment...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
GIANT PIG!!!!!!!!!!!
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This is my new crusade: FOR THE BACON!!!!!
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to crush Fox beneath his trotters of doom.
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Thanks again for another great column. Some interesting stuff this week.Any word on whether Marine Boy and Sniper are any good?
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hehehehehe
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Giver of delicious bacon!
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on the Moon!
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keeps GIANT PIGs in his stables. When pencapolyse comes he will order out the 4 GIANTPIGMEN of the apocalypse to rain leaden death down on the masses. Especailly any cunt that thinks an Alien Remake is a good idea.
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May 28, 2009 9:36:52 AM CDT
Astro-Lesbians vs Giant Pig on Mars
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
The sequel to the highest grossing film of all time, Astro-Lesbians vs. Werewolves on the Moon.
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I'd buy that for a dollar.
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Astro-Lesbians v Werewolves v GIANT PIG in Detroit. Because the audience clearly needs to know the porcine origin.
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May 28, 2009 9:43:27 AM CDT
Speaking of delicious pig, this is my 8th anniversary
by hawaiian organ donor
As a vegetarian. I can still remember my last meal as a carnivore. Monster hamburger at a pub washed down with plenty of beer.
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I don't hate Alien - it just sort of exists. Alien 3, that I hate unconditionally. The Alien remake idea... I just can't get angry. At this stage, who gives a fuck?
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No comprende. GIANT PIG!!!!
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Everytime someone says they love that, it makes me want to do the audio review to finish all audio reviews in which you can feel the insanity rising off me as I try to make sense of it. One of the few films that I cannot understand in terms of 'why' people enjoy it, at all.
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I love it and so does the GIANT PIG!!!!
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It makes it sound like there's something new about "Samurai Fiction" coming out, when in reality, its a project from the same director. But its like the editor just quickly scanned the article, saw Samurai Fiction, and assumed that must be the title of one of the projects discussed. And . He's. Wrong. I saw the trailer for "Samurai Fiction" the other night on the "Ichi the Killer" DVD. It looked pretty cool- a black and white samurai film with some slick camera moves. Reminded me of a student film. Only, you know, good.
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I know you hate Alien 3.
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Looks very interesting. Weird. Beautifully shot, though.
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If so, can you explain the end to me?
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I can't wait!
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so it's your fault that the GIANT PIG is on the loose. If we eat enough bacon sandwiches then we can keep them under our heel and they won't rise up and destroy us.
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The GIANT PIG stormed my offices and now I can go home. Thanks mr. GIANT PIG!
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And FUCK NO! I Can't explain tht ending. I even said that to my girlfriend- it was the only part she watched bc I had to play it again to see if I missed something, and she wss setting up dinner. I described it as a "What the fuck" movie. Not just "What the fuck, that was weird, gnarly, bizzare, etc!", but "What the fuck was THAT about? I don't get it! Makes no sense!" And somehow, as I rewatched the end, I turned on the director's commentary, but just the subtitles. So suddenly all these words were coming up describing Kakihara as he stands on the edge, and I couldn't figure out what happened. I realized it was Miike and the original story's creator's subtitled commentary, and when it came to the end, they didn't explain anything. Just "Here's the end, but it looks like a beginning." They didn't say why Jijii killed himself, or just who that young person was that turns to face the camera at the end, or why they intercut that shot of the kid kicking Ichi again... It was very confusing. In fact, there were so many instances where the sound dropped out or the picture froze or skipped for a second, that I couldn't tell if it was a bad DVD or if that was what Miike always intended. The short clip of the aforementioned kid is another example of that. I didn't understand its inclusion, except to suggest possibly that Ichi did *not* kill the kid while Kakihara was making himself deaf. Since everything after that moment was shot in a different saturated hue, I took it to be a hallucination of Kakihara's, and maybe Ichi was still up on the roof crying and being kicked. But who the hell was that young person that turns to the camera at the end? Young Ichi? That cop/gunman's son?
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Nature's forces are imbalanced. Eat a pork chop, save the world.
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Provided by Miike and the crew.
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Some cunt just dropped work on me. How rude.
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and this could be the worrying thing: The GIANT PIG is actually THE BATES in disguise.
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That's the only course of action in such a situation
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On Wikipedia they say Miike gave the bucket to the actor who plays Jijii, who is apparently another well-known director in Japan. But he was unable to supply enough, so they passed the bucket around to crew members.
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May 28, 2009 10:23:56 AM CDT
You guys watch some weird, sick shit
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
There is a distinct lack of GIANT PIG in that Ichi flick.
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when the fucker leaves to go to Camden Town Tube station. It's waiting just behind The World's End Pub.
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could well be. A nasty, nasty film.
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in it. How has such an obvious monster been omitted for so long?
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May 28, 2009 10:35:40 AM CDT
We aussies did it back in 1984
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Called Razorback. Wiki link is http://tinyurl.com/dcy25l
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But my thirst for GIANT PIG needs to be quenched. I will seek it out.
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"It has two states of being... dangerous or dead" Nine hundred pounds of marauding tusk and muscle!
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there's people defending Paul Weak Script Anderwank, looking forward to the Alien Remake and not enough love for the GIANT PIG.
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I wonder who would win in a fight 1984 Aussie GIANT PIG or modern day GIANT PIG.
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Wow, that was pretty incredible. I could have done without a few of the quotes from the last half of the trailer (taken from too many recent films- the Trek quote comes to mind). But what I'm most impressed with is the tone and mood. It was a perfect balance of realism mixed with, well let's be honest, a ridiculous superhero idea. But they managed to make the costumes look believable, and like I said, it had the right balance this film needs. Except for that shot of the Green Lantern squirrel. But really, I hope the producers of the film see that and take note.
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It's an 18. 1984+ Aussie+ 18 Certificate= ultraviolent comedy.
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without exception the most daft, homosexual thing in comics. "Fear my Power Ring, lest I make a giant boxing glove and twat you""Oh no you won't, for I have a banana and I know that you Green Lantern's are defeated by the colour yellow"
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May 28, 2009 10:50:36 AM CDT
I have no idea what Green Lantern is about
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
But if anyone can make it enjoyable then Martin Campbell can.
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May 28, 2009 10:52:45 AM CDT
Razorback is directed by Mulcahy
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
A sneaky fav of mine.
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even Resident Evil 3 was the best of the series. On that note- I want a moritorium put on any zombie/ undead film that uses "guy gets bitten then hides it from his team" cliche. I never want to see that again.
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Keep slapping those tools in that Alien TB for me.
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In the sense that, I feel like anything is possible if used by the right, creative mind. Its like when, in the 90s, someone involved in X-Men finally thought about Iceman's power and what he was capable of. Shit, he could make his entire body covered in badass ice spikes, or create giant ice fists to attack enemies. Same thing with the Green Lantern- his weapon is only limited by his imagination. Its got potential.
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May 28, 2009 11:00:31 AM CDT
That's the great thing about GIANT PIG
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
You get bitten, it means your legs are chomped off. There's no hiding that from your team.
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May 28, 2009 11:16:57 AM CDT
I just saw footage of the Glouchestershire cheese rolling incide
by d.vader
Holy shit it was hilarious. Made me spit out my Fruit Loops. http://www.asylum.com/2009/05/27/2009-cheese-rolling-competition-hospitalizes-3/ I like the faceplant the guy takes at the end. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOyQBSMeIhM
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I used to love that movie. And for years I have been saying "What the world needs is another giant, killer pig movie."
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When you said cheese rolling, I was thinking more like this:
http://tinyurl.com/l3popz
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Valhalla Rising, Hiss, Mr. Nobody, Dogtooth, and Chaw all look worth checking out. Of course, the question of ever actually being able to see any of them arises.
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And that Seven Samurai remake with Sonny Chiba would be cool as shit if it wasn't on a fucking pachinko machine. What a total waste.
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"Please. Go see it for me. I don't want to have to do "Meathead Becomes an Investigative Journalist. Please. go see it. See it for me. Get that out of my face!"
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And shouldn't there be a few more SSS in its title?
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And shouldn't there be a few more SSS in its title?
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SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS...like that,
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Seven Samurai should never be remade as a film. It should only be reinterpreted with the samurais replaced by either cowboys or aliens.
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What about an anime with robots? It's been done!Seven Samurai is my favorite movie of all time. I love the story and it has some of the best casting I have ever seen. Mifune would have been enough with his incredibly energetic performance, but they had throw in Takashi Shimura in there too and make it all legendary.I actually welcome any remake of the story, as long as its done with respect to the original. I'm more mad about it being on a pachinko machine because, well, how the hell am I gonna get to see it on the big screen then?
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Don't you read comics pretty regularly? Series and I write weekly reviews. Unfortunately, I had no time to write them this week because of school and my apartment flooding, but Series still managed to write up a ton if you're interested.
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I've been kicking around ideas for a Seven Samurai remake/inspired flick for awhile. Hopefully one day I'll get to make it. Course, I gotta sit around and write it first.
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I actually think 7 Samurai is one of those films that should be constantly remade - just don't put samurai in them. It is like Yojimbo/Fist Full of Dollars/Last Man Standing (ok, Last Man sucked), it is open for constant reinterpretation just by setting it in a new local (I always wanted to see Yojimbo set in the medieval days with a Knight Errant plying the Mifune/Eastwood part).
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What is the link to you and Series reviews? I am curious to read them.
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Yeah, sure write out a script and plot it first Vader. If you want to make films in the "traditional" way,
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I'm just gonna shoot my actors in costume on set and have them make up their lines as they go along. We'll shoot it completely out of order and I'll write the screenplay in the editing room. Oscar gold. Seriously though, I've got tons of notes on the project. I just need to put it together into an outline. But I've got other ideas I need to work on and finish first. That will be my epic for when I'm older and have more power. Mwahahaha.
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Specifically by getting the plot started and by being an important example of its theme.
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I'm going to predict going over budget and shooting schedule, and taking over a 100 takes on one shot. And then telling the execs to go fuck themselves when they get worried.
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By just telling them I'm pulling a Kubrick. And look at what happened when Cameron did the same stunt on Titanic. Box Office Gold.
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Just go on mymavra.comSeries is the only one to write reviews for the past week, but if you look at the column on the right, you can read some of the older reviews that have my stuff too.
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When directors either made incredible masterpieces (Apocalypse Now, Barry Lyndon) or fell on their faces (Sorcerer, Heaven's Gate) but at the very least you had to marvel at their audacity.
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I hope you succeed in your remake/inspired work and wish you the best of luck?See, I'm more of a writer than a director, so I could come up with a story, but I doubt I could ever make my own movie.
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Who needs bloody question marks?????
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I actually have four films that got made - if you want to call them films. They were Skinemax shit, ok? Continentalops got to eat too.
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It sounded like you were not too keen on the idea but didn't want to insult me, so you threw in the "?"s =).
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Awesome! What were they, those Elle, or Ellie... or... shit, what's that girl's name that starts with E... she even went into space or something. Damn.
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I'm a cop god dammit!
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No, I never wrote those but I did work on them. I wish I could say I had a cool job like I was responsible for icing the nipples to make sure they were hard, but I was just a post-coordinator back then.
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Woohoooo, awesome. Ever get to take a trip to the set?
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I worked on a bunch of softcore series besides Emmanuelle: Click, Butterscotch, Sex Files, Erotic Confessions, Intimate Sessions. Basically a bunch of shit. But I did go on set a lot, and I even directed some pickups and second unit.
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I'd think working on sets like that might start a chronic masturbation problem too.
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When I was a teen, skinemax was the shnizzle!Even before the 'word' shnizzle was invented it was shnizzlin! Thank you Conti for those childhood memories
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Can't wait. Giant Robot lions are sure to follow.
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what a fantastic movie that is
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look only about ten zillion times better than the shit currently playing at my local multiplex.
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Sucked.
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Is going to be showing here at a film festival and Lloyd Kaufman will be there!!! I NEED TO GET TICKETS!!
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Makes it look a lot better then the American. Dickblood is going to shit a brick when he sees that movie.
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Was in Public Enemies. If it comes out after G.I.joe and its a hit I bet it'll be more apparent that he is.
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Your a vegetarian? I am watching that new show the Goode Family now, added to what you just said and all I can think about is just fucking going up to a cow and eating it right there, fucking raw. This is the cow I want to eat. http://tinyurl.com/lfehuj
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You wrote a film for skinemax, that's awesome, anything we'd know?
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Nice.
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I worked on the TV series were she was in space, and I even did a little work on a later one where she has a mind control device (God, God, God awful is the best way to describe it).
I mostly edited, but I did write a couple of softcore movies. Here is the imdb links for two of them:
http://tinyurl.com/lvw9g7
http://tinyurl.com/m34w2l
I would list a couple of others, except for the fact they used my real name in the credits and I am not really proud of those ones (not saying I am proud of these one either, but at least my name isn't attached). -
I'm starting to read you and fu's comic book reviews.
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MAN i need to see that movie like whoa.
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Also thank you for reading my reviews. Let me know what you think.
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I just saw my dog do something I've been trying to do for a long time. I threw two Frisbee's at the same time and he caught both of them seperatly, it was so badass.
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Good job on the baby.
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Can you setttle a long raging debate about skinamax movies that has been waged during many boring hours at my job1.Do the actors in a skinamax film actually do the deed or is it faked?2. Is all the male talent gay?3. Do they shoot two versions of a story hard core and soft core?Thanks for your help.
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than that Jack Nance douchebag in the Scriptgirl TBs, or whoever the fuck that supposedly big shot Hollywood guy is.
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If the answer to question 2 is yes, then the other two questions are moot, cauue the deed aint gettin done by those dudes!
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True, so very very true, but I thought I'd ask because that was one of the points of debate raised. I figured I'd never have an opportunity to ask anybody else connected with those productions.
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JNR real name is Brian DiMuccio. The info was located by nonother then our good friend Mavra Chang.
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Never really got into hockey, great game, but just never found patience for it. As for Basketball, even if Cavs pull it out tonight, I think the go down in next game.
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To answer your questions:
1. No, they don't really do it (although there is always rumors). The women wear a patch over their privates, the men wear a sock (yes, a sock).
2. Nope. Some of them were gay, but most of them were straight (and a lot of them probably banged some of the actresses off set).
As Robert Donavan (the Bruce Campbell of soft-core movies) once said "If I get an erection I apologize, and if I don't get an erection I apologize."
3. Some pornos supposedly shot two version, one for the Spice-like channels before they could show hardcore stuff, but the stuff I shot was strictly soft-core. We did, however, often employ hardcore actresses (we were way ahead of Soderberg). -
Then he wouldn't have to apologize!
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I never met her, but I did write a script for Ms. Parent (she went by the alias Scarlet Johansing for some reason - doesn't make me confident that she thought much of the film). It actually has a write up on "Thrilling Detective" for some reason:
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I don't know if you have ever seen Robert Donavan in any movies before, but he is actually a really funny, cool guy. He's got this Bruce Campbell quality to him which makes me a little sad that he never got any better work.
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Him and the other guy, I just cant be bothered to remember their name or tb aliases.
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Very, good questions.
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It's a whole differnt experience then watching it on TV. Live Hockey fucking rocks, TV hockey is blah. On TV you miss like 70 to 80 percent of what's going on during a game.
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The other guy's name is Dino Vanetti I think and his TB handle is John T Chance.
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They aren't so much questions as endless hours of argument. Endless endless hours...
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The difference between softcore and hardcore is 'insertion', I believe he said that on Letterman.
The sock thing is probably to prevent the guy from actually penetrating the girl 'in the heat of the moment'
I once read an interview with a porn actress who said that some of the guys were gay and had to look at naked men pics to get hard between takes so they could fuck her, and that she didnt take offense to it because she usually had to fantasize to get in the mood too. Maybe that's why there's so much anal in porn now, the guys can only keep it up in a pooper. -
what a pair of dumbasses, they get owned on a weekly basis by fuckmichaelbay, even when they win the arguments, just by showing up.
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of sentence, and the paragraph break between the sock phrase and the gay one. Stupid talkback.
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most of the trailers are leaving me cold, I dont know why, maybe I'm not having a twitch day. But I'll say that the Chaw trailer needs more GIANT PIG to convince me of its greatness!
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True but fuckmichaelbay is just as big of a tard as the other two. It's a trio of idjits trying to out idjit each other. I think the two douchetards that own scriptgirl win because they manage to run up the hit count every week. If FMB wasn't such a dumb monkey and falls for thier baiting there would be no SG TB anymore.
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It is about Jason Voorhees and the Friday 13th franchise.
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The man is a genius,
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Is fun live, I hate watching any form of sport on TV save for Sumo. There's just something sexy about it. Speaking of Sport I've got Forever Strong (the Rugby movie) with Sean Astin in it. I saw it at the megaplex. Its not very good, but the rugby is well down and it reminds me of the sort of team I used to play on minus the no booze part.
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Mornin, chaps.
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May 29, 2009 3:16:15 AM CDT
I bet Jarv is over in the Alien reboot TB stirring up shit
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Lets go have a looksee.
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Morning. I'm going to go and flame Harry in that OUTLANDER TB, then I'll be back.
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I'm just reading the outlander TB. Alien is next.
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Cunt that he is.
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i don't buy it. And that douchebag Merrick is capitalising OUTLANDER like we do.
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to set on the douches on AICN at the moment.
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for fuck's sake.
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May 29, 2009 3:52:46 AM CDT
I just ranted in the Avatar TB
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
All the cunts that spew negative bile for no reason shit me.
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It's so far away, and we've basically had nothing. Like when Harry was so desperate he showed a picture of a can of film. I'm reserving judgement.
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May 29, 2009 4:11:03 AM CDT
Yeah, I'm looking forward to it because it's Cameron
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
But i would like to see a teaser trailer soon, just to get an idea of what it looks like.
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May 29, 2009 4:18:43 AM CDT
Remember that days when you wouldn't...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
know anything about flicks that were being made until you saw a trailer a month or two before it was released? Or going to a flick with no pre-conceptions. I wouldn't mind doing it for this, but my curiosity will get the better of me.
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I need to find Razorback this weekend. It's not a want, it's a need.
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if ever it's possible to do it with a film, this one will be it.
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May 29, 2009 5:43:11 AM CDT
This weekend I am planning on seeing...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
State of Play, Star Trek, 12 Rounds and Drag Me To Hell. Let's see how that plan turns out.
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the weather's meant to be excellent, but it's OK because I should make 210 tonight, and that keeps me on target for 500 for the year.
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May 29, 2009 6:06:08 AM CDT
I know the weather is the key doubt i have
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
But I haven't been to the cinema in ages and I'm playing cricket on sunday so I'll be out in the sun all day then. But we'll see. I have the strong feeling I'll end up in a beer garden.
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I know it doesn't feature a GIANT PIG but can anyone recommend this flick? I just realised Gregory Hoblit directed it. I like Primal Fear and Frequency a lot, and Fallen was great until the end.
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I hate these things. Fuck.
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Primal Fear is "meh" for me, and I've not seen frequency.
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Ta Mavra.
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Seems to be a real love/hate thing with it. It majorly pissed me off. Way too smug and clever for it's own good. Especially annoying because I really enjoyed it all the way leading up to the cat.
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don't know where I'll get to watch it though. Stupid FA Cup.
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That means I'll definitely be at the pub.
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I don't.
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I just know that I will recieve a call to arms (ie. sunny day pub sesh), and that temptation will be too strong to resist.
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It's completely absurd, but very entertaining. It does get a little schmaltzy at the end, but that's just the american father/son relationship element they seem to obsess over. And it has Quaid and Jesus of Outlander in it. You should check it out some time.
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season. There's the odd international, and I do care about England, but not about club football.
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funny
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May 29, 2009 6:43:06 AM CDT
The season goes for way too long
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
It just drags and drags. They're back in august for fucks sake.
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What's the difference between Australia and a Petri dish?
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That's the difference.
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and then they've got the temerity to whinge about being knackered. Fuck them.
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The AFL season goes from end of march to end of september. The cricket season goes from november/december to feb/march. In october we have the spring racing carnival (horse racing). Everything gets it's own stage. Here, football upstages everything. Only Ashes cricket seems to get people interested.
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sensitive.
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May 29, 2009 6:59:13 AM CDT
That's as good a response as any
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
I'm still waiting for your answer.
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May 29, 2009 7:03:09 AM CDT
What's the difference between Australia and a Petri dish?
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Both need more GIANT PIG!!!!
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only the 6 Nations interrupts football stomping on everything- and Wimbledon and the odd big horse race (Cheltenham and the National). 10 months of tedious non-competition (I wonder which of 2 clubs will win the league this year) and boorish unsportsmanlike behaviour have totally put me off club football for life.
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aside from The Ashes, the 6 Nations interrupts football stomping on everything- and Wimbledon and the odd big horse race (Cheltenham and the National). 10 months of tedious non-competition (I wonder which of 2 clubs will win the league this year) and boorish unsportsmanlike behaviour have totally put me off club football for life.
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I saw it on an ashes blog. It'll be something like "you can get Culture in a petri dish."
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fuck giant robots. I'm bored of them now.
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bet that's something like "a kiwi"
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The Pier Pressure nightclub in Aberystwyth sucks ass, and Lady GaGa outs herself as a hermaphrodite. What an odd 24 hours.
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a GIANT PIG!
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May 29, 2009 8:43:16 AM CDT
"The Pier Pressure nightclub in Aberystwyth"
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
My god that sounds like hell on earth.
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May 29, 2009 8:48:55 AM CDT
The only way I'd go to the Pier Pressure nightclub...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
in Aberystwyth is if it had a promo night featuring special guest GIANT PIG!!! But then again, one could argue that every night is GIANT PIG night at the Pier Pressure.
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rumour has it that it's full of GIANT PIGS. Just most of them are leathered on alcopops and wearing dresses from primark
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I Know Who Killed Me was really bad. It was shit, and the title made no sense in that A) the person of who says line was not killed, and B) the person she was referring to was also not killed. Stupid. And Lindsay Lohan looked awfully bloated and tired, and didn't even get her tits out. There ought to be some sort of actress demerit system for anyone who plays a stripper and doesn't at least show a little boob. Elizabeth Berkely may have been a shit actress, but at least she went full-vagina in Showgirls. She deserves some credit for that.Other than that, not much to report. Went to see Drag Me To Hell last night, but we got there at eight and it didn't start until nine, so we made the mistake of going to the pub... where we stayed all night. I might try again next week, because I want to see that one.
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It actually looks pretty good.Anyone seen it?
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I think Series has seen 12 Rounds. I'm going to try to see it tomorrow.
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You live near Wales. What's Pier Pressure in Aberystwth like?
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far to nice a day to be in the office. See you monday.
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Have a good one.
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I am a lazy man, Jarv. You should know that by now. It is extremely rare I venture outside of Bristol, and rarer still I brave the savage land of Wales. That way lies death, or at least a really miserable time.
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Have a good one, Jarv.
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Fucking scum-pit of the universe is Pier Pressure. Nothing makes you hate society more than skanky as fuck girls and heavyset guys dancing to shitty fucking music.
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You should try Chicago Rock in Bristol. Satan actually goes there (to score with fat birds).
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Used to be a fan favorite around my pants, especially in the movie Where the Truth Lies. But everything I've seen of her in Drag me to Hell has left my cold and limp. But she is actually a good actress to boot, so maybe Drag Me To H-E Double Hockey Sticks may be good. Its like I just can't believe its any good, the trailers are shit, its PG-13 the plot isn't that interesting. How is it THAT good? Also Where the Truth Lies is a totally FUCKED up movie and should be watched.
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12 Rounds is a lot of fun. I think I may be the only bloke around these parts to actually have seen it in the cinaplex. My biggest problem I had with the film was that I went to the theater to see a special showing of Conan and I was a day late, and 12 Rounds was no Conan. But I brought my best friend with me, Mr. Flask and we had a good ole time with it. Buy the time John C. is jumping out of a helicopter to safety I think I stood up and cheered. The other problem with it is that I thought the action was slow. Not slow as in boring, but physically slow, then again it made it seem a little more real that way. Because shit wasn't just going 150 Km/h.
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The security guards were motioning for people not to drink on the dance-floor, then busting moves from Grease.
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What about all the cunts, like Motoko Kusugani, that spew out unspport praise of movie that outside of a couple of pictures of Cameron pointing; and whatever is in that tb over there to the right they know nothing about? I find that as equally annoying as folks that slam it for the same reason. Although I do have concerns about an aging director that hasn't done anything in over ten years. The last time a director that has issues with plot, characters and a love for Special effects over the human element made a movie after a long layoff; we all saw the end product of that.
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just that name makes my skin crawl
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How goes it?
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Wasn't there a giant pig in the original Amityville Horror... sort of?
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Since Jarv's is talking about directors who haven't done anything in a long time. Haven't seen Youth Without Youth. But his new movie Tetro, has me smitten with curiosity. Even if it stars Chloë Sevigny favorite thing to suck on, still looks pretty cool.
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When all of us are old enough to retire. We are probably going to spend 24/7 somewhere talking movies online.
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Go see Drag me to Hell and let me know if I should find a way to see it this weekend or not. I don't have all day....well yeah I do. Nothing left to do all day except play guitar hero.
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You set up an account over at My Mavra?
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is Drag Me To Hell day, ticket booked. While I was at it, booked for Terminator Salivation next Saturday. Weirdly unmotivated for T4. That's a good sign cos I was also unmotivated for Star Trek. And that turned out rather well.
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Was the very first Fan Four trailer. Just because they used the Perfect Circle song, Counting Bodies Like Sheep To The Rhythm Of The War Drums in it too a very good effect. Well the Taking of Pelham 123 has used the song again, but to not as good effect. I remember when the next Fan Four trailer came out and they used a lot lamer song.
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Is a good time at the movies.
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It was good. Not as good as the bbc miniseries, but that's to be expected.
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those 70mm prints of Aliens & The Abyss will make a trip to the UK, specifically Manchester. Please.
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May 29, 2009 5:18:03 PM CDT
What State of Play sorely needed was a...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
GIANT PIG!!!
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Truffle snuffling gigantic porker.
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Man, I thought the ending was completely unnecessary and convoluted. If you really think about it, why the hell would Affleck have that nutty guy follow her? Wouldn't you hire like a pro? And wasn't it convenient that he also had ties to the Blackwater-like company. The movie just felt forced.
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People used to laugh at me because I liked Razorback - ha, whose laughing now? I was ahead of the curve.
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hopefully going to see Drag Me this sunday
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I did like it, but I've seen the miniseries so i knew how it was going to be resolved. That helped. I can see what you mean though. The miniseries had the benefit of being able to tell the story over 6 hours, and it was as good job as you could ask for to get it into 2 hours.
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Plus I can't really criticize someone for liking a newspaper thriller starring Russell Crowe that was based on a popular BBC series.
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Going to register at My Mavra once i get home from work.
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Sounds pretty cool. That was an awesome teaser. I want that poster as well. A full version with all the neon.
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Has anyone seen that series?
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With things to do on Friday nights. I'm gonna go read comics.
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Got into a minor dustup with ccchhhrrriiisssm over on Trek TB.
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Invite some outsider into the CoC without first consulting the Oracle. Bale Be Praised!
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Not sure who the Oracle is these days! Give TommyGavinsEgo a chance, dude has strong opinions -yeah like that will be out of place here! But he seems like a decent sort. CoC police themselves, and either you fit in or you quickly get kicked the fuck out.
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Gotta get up early tomorrow.
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jolly good, jolly good. It's the first film this summer I have been waiting to see. Drag Me to Hell is next. Then, I dunno, Public Enemy?
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gee that was fast, and surprising after the last Twitch made it to 200 posts!
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and it was great, or may I quote Jarv and say it was delightful?
Seriously, it is an amazing movie! I saw it in 3d, and while it looked great, it wasnt necessary to enjoy it in my opinion, probably because Pixar made a movie and not a 3d movie. Knowing about nothing going in, I was really surprised at how the story actually goes, yeah some of it you can kinda predict along the way, but at least Pixar doesnt spoil everything in their damn trailers! And I have to say, there were a few moving scenes in UP. Yeah, I do mean moving as in Like. A. Bitch. That opening sequence of Carl's life with his wife is really something. The one thing that really sucked about the movie is that we didnt get the Partly Cloudy short that was supposed to play before UP, and boy was I pissed about that. At least until the movie started. I would've complained about it but just forgot after how delighted I was when I left. Not that there was any cinema employees around to complain to, I didnt see anyone besides the few concession people, the ticket seller at the entrance, and that kid who looked like he wanted to die that was collecting the 3d glasses at the exit. Oh well. To some extent, the best part about the 3d was the trailer for G-Force haha, as fucking lame as it might be, I really want to see it now, the 3d effects look just superb, and it's got Bill Nighy as the villain, so it cant be completely bad. -
stupid thing ate a zero.
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I mildly enjoyed the first until I got overloaded by my niece watching it constantly on VHS back in the day, and I didnt care about the 2nd. I blame Tim Allen. Just like Ray Romano ruins the Ice Age series for me, although that squirrel Scrat is funny.
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After only 30+ hours. I find that to be sad and unacceptable. It's the weekend so it will be easy to float it back up.
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So I'm double dipping but oh well it pads the hit count.
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seeing as I dont know how deep we are below the top 10. Good luck digging it out!
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That's what Ice Age needs, a GIANT PREHISTORIC PIG voiced by Michael Wincott! How cool would that be? He can eat Ray Romano!
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Star Trek which was bright, shiney and sort of dumb but more or less entertaining. It did nothing to disprove the idea that Kurtzman and Orci are the anti-Christs of the written word. The only reason this movie even worked was JJ Abrams. Good job on discovering a back bone hoss.Angles and Demons is a dark, murky sort of dumb but more or less entertaining movie. Like Star Trek there are a few hugh questions that you can't help but ask and say oh what the fuck at a couple of scenes but but I just laughed them off mostly. I got my money worth from both flicks considering I only paid for Angels and Demons.
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I think I've like T4 the best. I had the most fun with it. Although who knows what will happen upon further reflection.
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I'm seeing Up first. Until I hear more about Drag Me to Hell from someone other then people trying to suck Rami's Spidey dick. I am seeing UP in 2-D, which hopefully is playing in the big theater. Can't wait.
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The big theater is showing it in 3-D. It pretty much is an Imax. Hmmmmm if Ebert and Milf say that I shouldn't see it in 3-D then does that make it a biblical fact?
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Seriously give Star Trek a chance. If you don't like it, I'll send you some cool comic.
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Anything to make that piece of shit palatable.
I am not planning on going to see it, nor would I probably go see it anyways (not much of a big Blockbuster guy) but that thing is an abomination and just annoys me to know that it is out there. Everything I hate about studio films can be found in just a 30 second clip of that piece of shit. It looks like an insult to the intelligence of the human species.
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Sorry. I think I'm going to have to go wash away the taste of that GI JOE clip with some strong liquor.
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Along with boobs and midgets. It's the holy trinity of movie making.
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"I can't think of a single movie that couldn't be improved by a lesbian sex scene."
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What's wrong with it? I haven't seen any ads nor do I really care but now I'm curious because it's making you go nuts.
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Every movie can definantly benefit from a lesbian sex scene. There's no downside really.
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Ah weekends so easy to move a TB.
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inorder to pad the post total. Has anybody watched Life Aftr People on teh History Chanel? It's real intersting show.
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Damn you proofreading you bastard you let me down again.
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actually a unit. with my missus. why ive been a bit absent. now i am broke as a motherfucker. i've had to switch back to goon. but today is a good day cause i'm having my first beer in two weeks. don't expect to get any for a while though. beautiful queensland day, beer on the deck, acca dacca playing. life good.
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I have learned it is very "gay" as the kids like to say. It's so "gay" Mr. Sulu told it to butch the fuck up.
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Now the constant pain in the ass begins.
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…which you can see in the ads and the clips they have shown, it is because GI JOE holds a special place for me and guys like me. Yeah, I know it is based on a toy and a real cheesy cartoon, but the majority of the characters (especially the popular ones) were all created by Larry Hama at Marvel Comics. Larry originally planned them to be used in a new Marvel comic called Fury Force or the New Howling Commandos, and they would be a US Special Forces team led by Nick Fury’s illegitimate son fighting against Hydra. Well Hasbro wanted to make a new GI JOE action figure and have it cross promoted with Marvel, so Marvel presented them with Larry Hama’s idea and they green-lighted it.
Now Larry Hama designed almost all of the characters (and wrote almost all the character profiles the fist 10 years) and wrote the majority of the comic book, and the thing is Larry Hama is a Viet Nam veteran so he knows his shit. All of the military jargon, terminology, ranks, pay rates, ect., are all pretty damn accurate, especially for what was a kids comic in the 80s (and the comic was pretty serious at times)
Now here is where it gets personal for me: my dad is a Korean War vet (served in 1st Cav like Clint Eastwood’s character in Gran Torino) and besides sports there wasn’t much we could bond over and talk about. My dad didn’t give a shit about horror movies, or Star Wars, or super heroes. But fuck, I could ask him why Snake-Eyes is listed as a E-7 and my dad could tell me he is a Sergeant First Class (SFC) or that MOS meant Militrary Occupational Specialty, or what a M-16, M-1911A or MAC-10 was.
The thing is they might have been made to be toys, but Larry Hama made the characters to be actual tributes to the guys he served with and the guys still serving in the army. Now, you might not be a big military fan (I am ex-Army, so I got no choice) but you can understand why some of us out there get pissed off when they take characters designed to represent the best in US soldiers and turns them into something from MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS or fuckin’ MEGA FORCE. Larry Hama took time and effort into those characters, and they just decided to make a fucking cheesy retarded kids movie.
Besides that, it looks incredibly fucking stupid.
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one of those actors whose better in the movies that people don't watch. awesome in a few, the one that springs to mind is 'riding in cars with boys'
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But I cannot begin to tell you how much I hate those fucking GI JOE clips. It is only 11PM out here in LA so I am going to go out and get shit face. If I don't pick anyone up I'll be back to post later.
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has been a few movies that i love. in particular 'getting square' an aussie crime flick i recomend. having said that i never really enjoy his performance. he is just in kick ass movies. one of those sort of actors.
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Military stuff it scares me I'm much more of a lover then a fighter.
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make me think about my old man. we bond over drinking and chasing assehole pedestrians up the pavement. one of the best rants ive read here.
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everyone has their own field of knowledge. i don't think you're gay, even though yours is 'romantic comedies staring tom hanks'.
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you're fabu!
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It was to die for!
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Was the one where he made love to the volleyball, it was sweet.
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What was wrong with that? It seemed pretty realistic to me.
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I totally agree with you. I am a big fan of Larry Hama. I always kept the title cards of all the toys I got because I loved how realistic all the descriptions were. And the movie looks incredibly dumb.
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SOLD!
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We are falling off the Top 10!
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I AM GIANT PIG!!!!
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Ye shall incur the wrath of the GIANT PIG!!!!
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May 30, 2009 8:51:40 AM CDT
Beware all who pass through these lands!
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
There is a GIANT PIG on the loose!
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It was okay. But what the fuck is the Apatow crew doing in it? Fucking annoying. Especially Rogens bullshit multi-character shit.
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It is good to be able to relive those important signposts from our youth. Context is everything, things that may not seem important to others, can mean a great deal to some. S
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It is good to be able to relive those important signposts from our youth. Context is everything, things that may not seem important to others, can mean a great deal to some. S
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It is good to be able to relive those important signposts from our youth. Context is everything, things that may not seem important to others, can mean a great deal to some. S
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Just as shit as the others. I just don't enjoy those flicks. I don't know why i keep watching them. Nighy and Sheen must be making some good bank out of them though.
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Fucking laptop doing very silly things
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May 30, 2009 8:58:38 AM CDT
To finish my reply to Conti that got cut off by posessed laptop
by toadkillerdog
...Still, those memories are indelible, and no amount of garbage movies can touch that.
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What's your opinion on Conti's rant? I thought it was very good. hehehe
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My laptop agrees!
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Decent movie, not a great ending.
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Agree. Very good slow build of tension. Ending was a bit of a let down.
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Is that the one with Sam Jackson as the crazy neighbor. I totally skipped over that. I figured it would just be really boring.
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Now if the ending had featured a GIANT PIG bursting out of the pool to tear a ranting Sam Jackson limb from limb then I would possibly hail it the greatest film of all time. Alas, it was not to be.
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May 30, 2009 12:36:14 PM CDT
ITNOTK DC runs for 156 minutes!!!
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
I've never seen it the normal version. I doubt I'll be subjecting myself to a fucking directors cut.
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I'm not man enough too.
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I got a medical discharge early, and for a long time I tried to be a tough guy in my youth and I usually ended up getting the shit kicked out of me or in trouble or in the hospital. I learned the hard way, I wasn't cut out to be an action hero.
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Better it was a little unprofessional of me to go on such a rant.
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That movie would have been just ok if they didn't add a bunch of GIANT PIGS to it.
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Is if the the sister Connie got beaten by her husband Carlo because he found her in bed with another woman; if one of the heads of the five families was played by Billy Barty; and if Moe Green wasn't shot in the eye but instead the Corleones released a GIANT PIG in his casino and it killed him
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May 30, 2009 1:34:00 PM CDT
Am I the only one here who actually thinks HISSS looks good?
by continentalop
But than again, I liked "Night of the Cobra Woman" as a child.
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Yeah crazy Sam Jackson movie. It is a little longer then it needs to be, but it picks up half way. Just the ending need more of a punch, but at the same time the ending was more real. I think had Lakeview been an indie movie it would have more credit but seeing that its was a hollywood movie. You could do worse. The big thing I like about it, is that it does play out like a real movie, I mean dealing with neighbors is a trick and its so awkward.
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Not what I expected. AT ALL. The trailer is so fucking misleading it should be a crime. Therefore I sat there resenting it for making me expect something different. It's a vey weird flick. About three characters with severe mental problems. The fantasy scenes involving Phillipe were interesting in a visual sense but it's just a fucking mess of a flick. Not to mention there's not on single scene with a GIANT PIG.
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Gotta remember those ingredients too. Giant Robots lions make for great movie going experiences. I am waiting for Harold's pal Del Toro to do the sequel to GI Joe--it'll be GI Jose and set in Veracruz. We all need movies set in Veracruz.
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He's right for the part and will also be allowed to throw exploding eggs 100 mph at the persuing baddies. Can't wait. Plus you never know they might work in a Curt Schilling CGI Beast. A walking giant Keg w/ a W. Bush mask on.
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Some interesting imagery in there. I like the bit where she's shinning up the post, quite sexy in a weird kind of way. The accompanying still from the film is fucked up! That's gonna give her some nasty wind...
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"They're filming vikings!"Gotta go some to top Kirk Douglas... Must be dozens of good viking tales waiting to be told. Hopefully this'll be one of them.
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True, Giant Robot Lions(tm) rule. I just trying to develop a new trinity like the father son and holy ghost but a quadology works just as well.So now it works like this, Dwarfs, Dyks, juggs and Giant Robot Lions/Giant Pigs make any movie instantly better.If you are casting the Big Unit you need a time machine and get the unit of at least 3-4 years back. His fastball ain't much anymore, absolutly pedestrian nowadays. His slider is still a monster though but that's his only dependable pitch anymore. If you're a one pitch owning thrower you get hit hard.
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Like the idea of this one, sounds original and intriguing. Then again it might turn out to be a load of old sentimental codswallop.When I was a kid, 'Mr Nobody' lived in a hole in a tree at the local Infants school. I went past it the other day for the first time in many years. The hole had closed up. It made me feel sad.Just thought I'd share that...
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Yeah I'm a pacifist that can't stand the sight of blood so you beat me there. Very hippie peace loving and all that.
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It's a giant fucking Pigzilla. What's not to like? One day there will be a Chaw v Razorback movie directed by PWS Anderson. And the world will mourn.
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Could be good, it's got a 'Da Vinci Code' feel, y'know, all that religiosity and secret societies and whatnot.
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Nothing wrong with peace loving. Other hang out with you than the alpha male wannabe douche bags who will wanna get into a fight just a soon as I "criticize" America or hit on some girl they like or accidentally bump into them.
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You all right?
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Wasn't that in the Book of Revelations?
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"Something's fishy in this house" followed by head rolling along the floor! Seriously, I don't know, looks a bit too close to 'torture porn' to me. Gore just for the sake of it. But still, head rolling along the floor, you can't have too many of those...
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Yeh, I think it was. Along with midgets wrestling Kathy Bates.
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again earlier. Seen it a dozen times but it's the first time I've noticed that the cop who checks out Arnie's crashed police car is the security guard who gets his eye spiked in T2.At least, I'm fairly sure it's him.Also gonna watch T2 & T3 in preparation for seeing T4 next Saturday.
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"..and lo and behold, before me was two might GIANT PIGS in battle, CHAW and RAZORBACK. Behind them was the sight of atomies and midgets wrestling with the woman known as Kathy Bates. I heard moaning as two large chested women pleased each other in Sapphic delight. And than came a great roar followed by the booming of metal footsteps as a GIANT ROBOT LION appeared..."
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I'm A ok, why? How are you?
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Cheers."You all right?" is the same as "How are you?" where I come from. Not to be confused with "Have you had an accident?"!!
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regional colloquialisms. I am as the kids are fond of saying "down" now with your statement.
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Is it a smashing good day in the north of England or rather night?
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I'm relieved that night has fallen because it has been a scorcher today and I'm finally cooling off with a few bottles of Miller.And I cut my arms to shreds on a particularly obstreperous privet.
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Of The Space Jockey. How's that going to work? So, there won't be any humans in the story? Will it be subtitled?They were transporting Alien eggs, possibly as a weapon. An Alien got loose. The ship crashed on Acheron. Am I missing something?
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sounds defensive about Avatar. "Oh, no, it's not all that good. Some bits are."Well, that's what it sounds like.
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Even better totally silent with just backround noise.
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Space jockey Marines descent on the plant after losing contact with the ship.Is it just me or does this sound like a really, really, really bad idea?
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Didn't he do some movie like ten years ago about a boat? I seem to remember that it wasn't very good. Did he do anything else?
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Is it better in England then the States?
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it doesn't sound promising. Maybe they'll come up with a 'twist' like the eggs were already on their way to Earth and that's how the 'Company' knows about them. So, there will be a delegation of human 'weapons buyers' on the ship. Some daft shit like that.
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I don't know. Is it not a popular beverage over there? Tastes okay to me.
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Oh, yes. A handful of very good sky-fi movies. And - confession time - I do like Titanic. From a technical standpoint, you understand.
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I remember from my drinking days that MGD is not very good. I maybe bias though I didn't really care for domestic beers. I usually drank Red Stripe or a Mexican brew of some type. Usually prefered Pacifico or Carta Blanca.
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That's another decent Mex beer isn't it? Never see them over here.
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I wasn't a big fan of Dark Beer but that one was good
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Have a top evening, y'all.
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later
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hadn't been said in awhile.
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at that "Who's James Cameron?" bit.
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A Man's Beer. I think they have the best beer logo ever.
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Screwed the pooch there didn't he?
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Is that he has spent many hours in a deep water submercible vehicle and being that long in a nitrogen rich enviroment can effect your mellon. I know I'm deeply affected.
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years ago so did Rainer beer.
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Iron City beer had a cool logo
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May 30, 2009 11:44:11 PM CDT
GIANT PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG!!!!!!!!!!!!
by the milf lover
That is all.
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GIANT PIG!!!
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Never seen it before. Damn good flick. Very intense and disturbing. Probably the best performance I've seen Robbins give. Quality.
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May 31, 2009 4:06:11 AM CDT
Fell asleep watching Burn After Reading
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
I got about half way through and it's very average so far. Only Brad Pitt is amusing.
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I don't know if it is available on video or DVD, but it is a French film from the 70s called Colt Python 357. It is a cop movie about a detective investigating the murder of a girl he fell in love with you just happened to secretly be the chief's mistress; the chief killed her but as luck would have it all the evidence is pointing towards the hero who is placed in charge of the investigation.
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I am wired and buzzed like hell. I think I need a valium.
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I guess I'll post some while finihing lunch. Hopefully it keeps it afloat till later.
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Didn't care for it all that much.
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Not good at all. The COhn Brothers are dangerousely close to turning into a self parody if they aren't careful.
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If I can come up with 7 posts to pass the GI Joe TB in front of this one.
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He's a crafty bugger just like a true GIANT PIG!!!! should be.
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But who's counting?
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Fred: Your Pens need to step up thier game if they want to beat The Red Wings.I say Orlando Magic in 6 and beating the LA Lakergirls convincingly along the way.
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and My excellent sandwhich is done so back to work for me.
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It's only four more to catch Vern's TB. well three now I guess.
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For a measly 7 dollars. I have looked for that movie at every DVD store I have been to for the last year and a half, and finally, I can watch it whenever I want.And I picked up One Armed Swordsman for the same price. I've never seen it, but I'm a big Chang Cheh fan, so let's hope it's as good as some of the other classics he's made.
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but I wouldn't buy it. That opening shot made me laugh out loud though.
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I love the Coen brothers, but their comedies (especially their dark comedies) are beginning to leave me cold. I get the strange feeling that they don't even like the characters they write.
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May 31, 2009 4:24:38 PM CDT
In honor of GIANT PIG I was thinking of changing my handle...
by continentalop
...to LESBIAN SCENE. That way whenever we posted we could say this TB has a giant pig and a lesbian scene.
If two other posters would change their names to BOOBS, MIDGET and GIANT ROBOT LION than we would have all the bases covered. -
What kind of sentence is that? I swear, I am getting dumber every day.
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Rumours of Sam Raimi's demise have been greatly exaggerated.Good stuff. Pleased to see one or two 'Evil Dead' moments. I could nitpick a couple of things but I won't. I even jumped once! Shit meself, I did.There's a brilliant bit of sound design during the seance where the audio gets louder and louder - I thought my ear drums were going to explode and it mirrored the characters covering their ears on screen. Too often in movies you see people reacting to a loud noise but we as an audience never hear what they're hearing so it isn't involving. But here, extremely effective.All in all, much better than I expected.
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Did not care for that movie. It really was just a one joke movie summed up in the end scene by Sledge Hammer. The music was awesome though.
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Anyone seen it yet?
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Nobody liked that movie? I thought it was funny. Just funny in a sad sort of way.
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I tend to like movies set in or around D.C. though.
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with G.I. Joe.
Fuck that movie. Booooo! Even if the cartoon did teach me how to tread water. -
A lot of hate in that TB. I'm just pissed that the wait's so long. I remember Tintin from French class.
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it's safe to say that I just got back from seeing Star Trek.....again! In another very crowded theater.
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that the shuttle craft that Kirk and Bones get into is called the Gilliam.
Shout out to Terry? -
Did you like D.C. Cab?
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Somebody else is here!
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Haven't seen that one. But maybe I will!
Like the new Night at the Museum...As much as I love the Smithsonian and all its fine (and FREE) museums, don't know that I can bring myself to watch it. Looks painful! -
I have yet to see Star Trek (or Terminator: Salvation).
And if I don't see UP soon I am really going to be playing catch up.
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Nevermind, I've seen D.C. Cab. Just had to look it up. But all I remember is watching it with my Dad when I was little, and being kind of freaked out!
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But that opinion is apparently in the minority around here.
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I don't know....I have some aesthetic block against that style of animation.
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I think having avoided all TB's for Trek, and most spoilers, helped a lot. The hype machine produces disappointment more than anything else, it seems.
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at every Trek screening I've been to so far.
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Schumacher made D.C. Cab right before St. Elmo's Fire....fucking monstrosity, that one. Boring yuppies doing boring shit.
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can't redeem St. Elmo's Fire.
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I can see why people love it, but it never really sent me one way or the other.
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I was just talking to a guy who said he doesn't care to see Up because it's CG. Okay, that's an argument I can understand since I am quite partial to hand-drawn animation myself. But then when I asked him if he likes any anime he said he never watches any of it. Are there lots of people like this? Anime has become the poster child for hand-drawn animation, and nobody seems to be watching it. It's not all stylistic fluff either. There's lots of stuff out there in all different genres.
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That's how I feel about X-Men. I don't read the comics, but the maze of Wikipedia entries is fascinating to navigate.
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I used to watch that show, hadn't seen it for years, and then I read the wiki-entry. I was like, wow, this show stills sounds awesome and so damn smart.
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I think it's a little daunting given how much is out there. Other than super-famous stuff like Akira or Ghost in the Shell or Miyazaki, it can be hard to know where to start.
Though I recently found out that a few of the cartoon movies I loved as a kid were anime. Which explains why nobody else ever knew what the hell movies I was talking about and accused me of having made the movies up in my head or dreamed them or something. I knew those movies were real. Thanks internet! -
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I like all styles of animation -as except roto-scoping Ralph Bakshit and the old cut and paste from comic book to screen ala sixties marvels, with maybe an arm moving once or twice every minute -
And not be re-visited, However, true joy is when you discover that something that made you happy as a child still has the power to do so decades later. Like finding a long lost friend
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inherently wrong with cg animation, it just tends to be used in a certain way....that round, shiny, smooth-surfaced sort of way that's devoid of any sense of texture. I don't know. Just doesn't do it for me.
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is that "long lost friend" for me.
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Chico Marx playing piano, or Chico and Harpo together.
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I used to read some of the older strips that Schultz did back the 60s and 70's, Glad they still hold up.
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Loved him as a kid. Now that I am an adult, I can make the statement nobody in the history of cinema had more screen presence than Chubby.
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But I anything that Hayao Miyazaki does blows me away.
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those are great! I love how neurotic and world-weary Charlie Brown is in them.
The cartoon movies are still great, too. Specifically the first one, Bon Voyage and Race For Your Life! Also, and this one's short, Snoopy's Nightmare. So awesome. -
Just love the, And yes, Groucho is my favorite - but Chico is a close second. The Peanuts was just sublime, what he did for damn near fifty years is simply extraordinary. Snoopy kills to this day.
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But I recommend foisting some anime onto unsuspecting children. I spent YEARS going, "c'mon....the characters go to the ends of the earth and visit the trojan horse? and the baby demons are crying because their parents were kidnapped and turned into clay people that make a wall? ring a bell?" Made such an impression on me.
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Soooooooo funny. Just the way he rolls his eyes his hilarious.
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One of the finest canine comic actors of all time. Massively underrated, always lived in the shadow of the big budget boys like Asta. But Spot takes a backseat to no one. He cranked out two reeler after two reeler, with none of the fancy dressing rooms, or harems of french poodles in heat, or porterhouse steaks. He was simply a great dog
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He combined great physical comedy with the greatest ability to turn a phrase or quip that has ever existed on film. The funniest man I have ever seen on film.
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beloved by generations of kids. Such an iconic dog.
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May 31, 2009 9:59:01 PM CDT
Sadly, Spot succumbed to alcoholism ans syphillis at tender age
by toadkillerdog
He was always known as a three paw drinker, but after his career ended he couldn't even get work on poverty row. He became depressed, hit the bottle more and more, stole sausages, and contracted all sorts of venereal diseases because he would hump a skunk - and did, when he was drunk.
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also hold up fantastically well over the years.
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"three paw drinker"
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May 31, 2009 10:01:53 PM CDT
Mrs. Claypool: Are you sure you have everything, Otis?
by continentalop
Otis B. Driftwood: Well, I haven't had any complaints yet.
30's movies were so much more risque than people nowadays ever imagined. -
I am a huge fan of 30's cinema, and before the code, my goodness, the things they got away with. Some notorious examples are Hedy Lamar and her nekkid swimming scene, and Tarzan and his mate -when he beds Jane in a tree. But another great one is Doddsworth.
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Man, that had some totally intense moments that I think people nowadays would be shocked by. The fact you have an underage girl obviously raped is so shocking for people who think of old movies as being safe.
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May 31, 2009 10:17:45 PM CDT
The code really dropped the hammer on those types of flicks
by toadkillerdog
Ultra conservative Catholic activism but kibbosh on free-wheeling early 30's. Took thrity years before American cinema shook off those shackles
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with Cab Calloway singing "Reefer Man".
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those gals wore practically nothing! And most of 'em were underage.
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to the middle.
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Ecstasy is on youtube. From the same guy who has the Blade Runner work print. Such taste!
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just to catch up to Vern
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It was amazing. You don't need the 3-D though.
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made serials. Not that it would be feasible with the way movie-going is these days.
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Attendance was higher at the movies than at church.
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How are ya?
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too stoned, must watch movie.
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Especially in front of family movies all produced by one studio.
Think about it: Say you are FOX and you had a really cool story you could break up and put in front of all the PG & G movies you are releasing this summer; well, some people might be compelled to go to your next big movie released even if it wasn't something they would normally go see just so they could see the next installment of your chapter serial. Especially kids and teenagers - they have no patience and always have to rush out and see something.
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Make it a modern day chapter serial. You don't need to dwell on character motivation or realism, just every two weeks release over May to the end of august release a new 10 minute segment showing him doing a bunch of super-cool shit. Captain Marvel works better as a chapter serial than a movie anyways - I don't want him to be a child with a bunch of realistic problems, I just want him to be a boy who says a magic word that transforms him into an ass-kicker.
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Unfortunately, its in the ShitGirl Talkback, which I've already supported, unfortunately, by greeting that fool.
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I've been traveling this weekend but noticed one of us has a new screenname...
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I want to do a cartoon on him. I imagine him having whacky, Thundarr the Barbarian-kind of adventures, but in Ohio where he lives.
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I refuse to post on that thing.
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I enjoyed how it basically said "US Intelligence doesn't know shit." And how it basically played out as a parody of all those cloak and dagger type movies.
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But I believe he's there threatening everyone with his giant cock once again. Lobo-tooooor! I say it like the "Trojan Maaaaan" in the condom commercials. And "Gigaaaaantor!"
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They should of just had "Lobo-tor"
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I bet all those wacko religious types must be shitting their pants now, with this so soon after NY legalizing gay marriage.
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Who was that guy that said that? There was this guy that came around here when Wall-E came out and talk about how shitty and crappy Pixar is and how their stories suck and the animation sucks and that he won't watch them anymore....turns out he is a 3-D animator in Canada, and I bet he was mad has not been able to get a job at Pixar. I wish I had saved his website.
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Looks like shit. Terrible director, boring lead actor.
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And watched the season finale of Breaking Bad tonight. Because it was fucking great.
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I've sat through the series three or four times. Personal favourites.
The director/writer Nicholas Winding Refn is an annoyingly snotty Danish yuppie but the movies are very gritty.
The first movie, made in about 1996, was the first modern Danish movie about drug crime in Copenhagen. Very high energy, some great acting esp. Madds Mikkelson in an early role.
A sensation in Denmark.
Refn went broke after making a movie in Hollywood and made Parts II and III in about 2006. More sophisticated, bleaker, better acted that the first movie.
Second movie is the best of the trilogy. Madds Mikkelson particularly good.
Part III is the bleakest - the Heroin king of Copenhagen is now a junkie himself and is about to be put out of business by his own daughter.
Many non-actors, street people put in terrific performers.
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They played all three here in LA back-to-back, but I missed it for some reason or another.
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I did however man up and watched the Breaking Bad finale. It was alright, not as good as Gossip Girl, but it was ok. Then again how could you top Gossip Girl? Not possible if you ask me.Franklin might content that the Gilmor Girls could and the new 90210 came close but for pure gut wrenching power and emotional devestation nothing beats Gossip Girl.
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Sounds pretty interesting as well. There is the british film that came out in the past year or two about prison I want to see. No its not the Brian Cox/Life Guy movie.
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I'm sure it'll be all over the news tomorrow what Sacha did. But it was fucking brilliant. Also great going into it not knowing anything. Guess who's going to be on the next M&M CD.
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Will be in the movie?
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It have to be that half being that plays the faggot character in Harry's Potter, Ron Weasly. Man that kid makes me wish killing was legal.
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But same could be said about all the Harry's.
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Do you mean "Bronson"?
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and I'm out.
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Same god damn director.
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Its a different movie I'm thinking of. The directors black, I think Twitch had a thing about it a while back. It may be Irish.
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He also did "Valhalla Rising", which is one of the trailers for this TB. That is why I knew about the film :)
But I actually bought the guy (prisoner Charles Bronson's) book for my older brother, Solitary Fitness. It is all the exercises you can do all by yourself, like they do in prison. My older bro says some of the workouts are pretty gnarly (I'll take his word for it, I'm kind of lazy). -
morning ramblers.
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I'm still cross about this. Fucking cunts.
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that's so dreadful. I'm livid. Prequel of Alien? You stupid, talentless hacks.
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Pity.
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The mere thought of it keeps me up at nights.
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hey sleepy todd, did you see Nakano's seven samurai? is it available to buy or is it still in pachinko form?
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is annoying me. As is teh whole concept they've gone with. Fuck that.
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I'm hoping I'm about to witness the most awesome thing ever made: Teenage Hooker becomes Killing Machine. I know I made this mistake with Die You Zombie Bastards and Sharks in Venice, but I reckon 3rd time will be the charm.
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hmph.
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Oink.
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Who oinked there?
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that the holy GIANT PIG!!! of the lord came to terrorise the empty wastes of the Twitch TB, and his howls in the desolation did bolster the post count and keep it in the blessed top 10.
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has Harry no shame?
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GIANT PIG? eh? I was going to. That means I'm going to have to be SON OF GIANT PIG
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YE SHALL INCUR THE WRATH OF GIANT PIG!!!
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I watched AvP at the weekend. Let me count the ways that I hate that cumstain: 1)Retardedness of setting it on present day earth. Why would you fucking do that? 2)Lance as Mr. Weyland. Eat a dick, hacks. 3)Arseholing around with Alien's gestation period. Why the fuck do they evolve from facehugger to fully fledged Alin in about 7 seconds. And they can't even stick to their own rules- the predator makes it through the whole film when infected4)Crap "spot the corpse" characters. As soon as Ewan Bremner gets out the photo's of his kids he's fucking had it. 5)Alien Queen size of Godzilla. Fuck off. 6)Weird love story between human and Predator. Even if human did look a bit like a predator. 7)Stupid mock-badass dialogue 8)Predalien 9)How fucking easy is it to kill a predator? 10) direct theft of bits from previous Alien movies- without an acknowledgement, and yet somehow making them less cool for it. What a load of wank.
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Jun 01, 2009 8:31:50 AM CDT
so I'm driving into work this morning..sitting in traffic
by just pillow talk
tired as fuck...when what do I see before my very eyes? The car in front of me has, and I shit you not, a bumper sticker with the words "C of C" on it. I nearly shit myself with glee!Rejoice brothers and sister...the word has spread! Our mission is not in vain.All hail 2for2true!
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Transformers girl on the main page of IMDB makes her look like a snake. Maybe they are already getting ready for a Hiss remake in American.
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Maybe if you work REAL hard and drink all your milk you too can some day go beyond being just a Talkbacker and make a low budget horror movie starring the next Leighton Meester before she is mega famous just like the other guy did.
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To stick on my bumper!Hello, by the way.
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I actually partially blame Cameron for AvP. When people (wanker hacks) say they love the Alien franchise, they don't. They love the action movie edition in it. They love Aliens. And that's why they keep sucking (true to some extent for Alien Resurrection as well). AvP:Rectum, for all it's massive sins, did at least attempt to make a horror movie. If they hadn't set it on earth, with moron pizza boys, dicked even more with the continuity, never turned the fucking lights on etc.
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course then I'd have to actually get a car. Which would be daft living in Camden. It would get nicked/ vandalised and I haven't got the fortune needed for residents parking.
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I also considered watching AvP again, possibly for an epic-er than epic review of all 8 Alien and Predator films, but I followed that thought process along and when I realised it meant I would have to watch AvP:R again, I decided not to bother.AvP is wank, though. Wanker than wank.
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needs saying.
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(Stop making me all hot and sticky, you damn dirty bastard!)Anyway, it meant I got to see a bunch of films, which I will now clog up this TB with.
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I got a bit pissed in the sun, and had just watched Toy Story, so Mrs Jarv was able to reason with me that perhaps it wasn't as bad as I remembered. Lying cow.
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A double feature of classic sci-fi remakes with skinny actresses!The Day The... started out well but then sort of melted away to nothing by the end.The Invasion didn't even start well. Poop on that one.
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Shit.
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inspired by my disgust for that stupid prequel.
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It was Eliza Dushku-less, so I'm not sure why I bothered. Half decent by DTV sequel standards, but that's not saying much, I suppose.It did have Henry Rollins turning into Rambo at the end, though. That was good.
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Seriously, what the fuck is the matter with this Hollywood studio assholes? Can't they just stick to making their own bowls of shit? Must they keep taking things we like and that are mostly good and turning them into bowls of shit?
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I fell in love with this film from the moment the title appeared onscreen behind John Cena and he saluted! Perfect mix of old-school action and colossal dumbness, and Robert Patrick is great in it.I am now officially onboard with this John Cena fellow, who appears to be at least partly made of plastic but makes for an entertaining action lunkhead. I am totally going to see 12 Rounds this week. John Cena and Renny Harlin, teaming up for more action idiocy? How can that not be awesome?
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Which seemed like a good idea that they somehow turned into a bad film. The wooshy jumping effects were good, but the rest of it wasn't.
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Not nearly good enough if I'm going to make 500 by the end of the year.
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Jun 01, 2009 9:31:12 AM CDT
Are theyreally calling it Last Flight Of The Space Jockey?
by franklin t marmoset
Terrible, terrible title.But I imagine it will be a terrible, terrible film, so I suppose it's appropriate.
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so did I mind you: Robocp: The Future of Law Enforcement- Wank Spin off TV Movie with Supercomputers, shit makeup and horrid special effects.
13th Floor-Meh- So-so Sci-Fi virtual reality gubbins
Terminator 3: Rise of The Machines- Meh Toy Story- Mint Stealth-Wank- Rubbish about thinking plane that goes off rails.
Garfield: Tale of 2 Kitties- Wank- I hate myself for watching thisChocolate-Mint- Autistic Girl beats up gangsters
Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction-Wank- Awful sequel. Stone still serial killer. London based doofus shags her Alien V Predator- All of that bar Chocolate was on Telly. -
he was talking about than this shite. That at least stands an outside chance of being cool
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My hat is off to you, sir. You win the 'worst choice of the weekend' award. I only watched the first Garfield because Vern's review of it was so damn funny, but I could never bring myself to watch a sequel.Still, you have got Chocolate in there, which wins you the 'best choice of the weekend' award. The Marine was a lot of goofy fun, but it was not nearly as mint as Chocolate.
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which means I'm well on target again. Luckily with Big Peasant coming to dominate the airwaves I'll be forced to seek out more and more in the way of films. I think the only way 500 is possible is if you watch any old bollocks provided it's on. It is doable, but you do get weekends like the one I just had which make you never want to see another film again.
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Mrs. Jarv was at the gym and it was too early to open a beer. I did, though. Stupid CGI cat drove me to it.
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Jun 01, 2009 9:54:31 AM CDT
At this point, I think they should just let Alien be
by franklin t marmoset
Enough is enough already with that series. You've got two great films, two middling at best sequels, and now two shitty crossover films that pretty much drained away whatever coolness was left in those creatures.For fuck's sake, you'd think somebody could come up with another cool space monster to run into the ground.
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I watched it, and it think it's convinced me to see it at the cinema, although I'm not entirely sure why. It's a big summer film, I suppose, and I like going to see big summer films.There's nothing special-looking about it, though, and I'm pretty much convinced Christian Bale is a world class prick.And yet, I'm probably still going to go.
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if Billy Connoly is in it, then there is a 98% chance of severe wankitude with a high probability of shit. I haven't seen X-Files 2 so maybe that's the exception.
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Dead Ripley. Directed by Neil marshall. Make it happen. Bale may be a world class prick, but he's a fucking professional world class prick.
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Fuck that. In the late eighties, maybe, but that concept has been bled almost as dry as the Alien.I'm not convinced by Neil Marshall, either, although I should probably watch Doomsday again because everyone is always going on about how good it is and I didn't like it at all.
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so Billy's still batting 1000 since he stopped being a funny stand up and started being an unfunny old git, selling sob stories on his childhood and starring in dreadful "serious" shite. He's lost his mojo badly.
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That is a boat I missed.I wish I thought it was funny, but I don't. He's a prick, and whenever I see him interviewed it's painfully obvious he takes himself much, much, much too seriously.
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round a devastated earth landscape. Sort of Survival Horror Alien. Cyberpunk is the wrong word- I meant more in the earth you get a shot of at the end of Resurrection. Only thing I really want: Dead Ripley. Do it in the first 15 minutes.
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Jun 01, 2009 10:19:30 AM CDT
Hello all. Fred home sick, but Tremors was on cable
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred feeling better
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That there is an impressive list of shit. I like White Oleander (girly drama film with Alison Lohman) and I'm one of the few people who didn't hate The Last Samurai, but pretty much everything else he's been in is garbage.
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Tremors cures all ills.
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It's True
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It would be cool. Ripley has to die, to show that all bets are off and to remove the temptation to bring her back every time. Whoever survives is new hero. I want a good team atmosphere with no obvious lead as well.
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How is life at Hulkbuster base?
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fuck that.
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I feel like I'm in a Tennessee Williams play, but with more traffic noise.In fact, I'm off to buy a fan. A really fucking big fan, and I'm going to find a way to point it directly at my hot, sweaty ass.Stupid summer. This is England, for fuck's sake. I demand it be cold and damp!Cheers, all.
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Jun 01, 2009 10:33:12 AM CDT
watched Wall-E and that King Arthur flick with Clive
by just pillow talk
Wall-E was okay...wasn't really funny until they took back the ship, then it got a few chuckles from me.King Arthur, or Arthur, or whatever the fuck it was called, sucked. Badly. I just can't take Kiera seriously as a warrior. She could never hold a real sword, much too heavy for such a twig.
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Those fuckers. Those absolutely piece-of-shit fuckers. I'm pissed they did this. That's the channel I always watched when I was at my dad's doing work because they always had an interesting movie playing that I'd never seen in HD. In the past, I've mentioned here that I was watching "Hook" in HD, and it was on that channel. Last time I was there ay my dads', we caught Kaufman's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" on there. And it was awesome. So fuck you Time Warner. Fuck you indeed.
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How is Fredericka doing? I am sure she is the smartest, prettiest baby on earth. Fred agrees about Wall-E, it had a few chuckles, but it was not all that and a bag of ham hocks. Fred never saw the Clive Owen Arthur, it was on Sci Fi last night, but Freds Pens were going down to defeat at the sticks of the Motown boys.
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Jun 01, 2009 10:43:50 AM CDT
Day the Earth Stood Still remake had the worst kid character
by d.vader
Ever. How are you supposed to sympathize with the main characters when the kid is the brattiest kid on Earth, and all through the movie you're hoping Keanu will just toss him off a bridge?
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A brilliantly subversive film about not listening to what "those in charge", those who claim to have your best interests at heart, tell you. Its about rebelling against your programming. Its about revolution. And its a freaking family film to boot.
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philistines.
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bugger off to Wales if you want to be rained on.
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yeah..yeah..yeah...I get all that, BUT a fucking damn cartoon better give me some chuckles. Delightful my ass...
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She has already learned to throw a #2 pencil 3 centimeters.
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Which is funny, because they pride themselves on being a "funny" channel nowadays. But the really shitty thing is, they COMPLETELY cut out the shot where the snake pukes up Jon Voight. Fucking censors. Its too early in the day to be this angered by dipshits at TimeWarner and TBS for ruining my movie-watching experiences.
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I may have just missed it. But I thought it happened before they tried to blow it up in the smokestack. I completely forgot it comes back one. last. tiiiiiiime.
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Well Pillow, I hate to disagree but... that's where you're wrong.
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it was funny, touching and delightful. You, sir, are a philistine.
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that's a strange cut.
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I thought it happened when the snake was chasing JLo, before she climbed up the smokestack. I thought it occurred when the snake burst through the window of the backroom she was hiding in. But maybe it happened after the smokestack explosion? I don't think so... Strange cut indeed.
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crap actress, not that attractive, makes films I hate.
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Jun 01, 2009 11:17:22 AM CDT
Fred is very happy that Fredericka is doing so well
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Learning how to smite at such an early age is a sure sign that the Fred Gods have blessed her wonderful name.
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but it's been years since I've seen it.
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Jun 01, 2009 11:28:26 AM CDT
Must be summer, we are arguing about Wall-E. Hee hee
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Shame Jonah Echo and Toadkillerdog are not around. But Fred sticking to guns. Wall-E while a technically very well made film and done so, lovingly, failed to really capture Fred's imagination. Fred agrees that a cartoon does not need to just make Fred laugh, but it should when the purpose of a comic cartoon IS to make you laugh. Fred found chuckles few and far inbetween. That would not have been bad, if the non comic moments were gripping or more entertaining, alas, Fred felt they were lacking - not in execution, but Fred felt little empathy with Wall-E itself. Which is very strange. Wall-E tried to be cute, but the proof is in how kids reacted well after the movie. The Wall-E design just does not lend itself to cute and cuddly - it tries, but how many Wall-E dolls or toys do you see kids playing with? They could not embrace the character, and neither could Fred.
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I'd do her.
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was a deliberate nod to Short Circuit. I know that sounds crazy, but the whole film is full of visual references to other films.
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And I'm sticking to it.
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You disliked Dark Knight, right? What else was there... (yes I'm conveniently forgetting all the Oscar noms for Best Picture).
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Not sure what is. I'll think about it. It certainly isn't the best film I saw in 2008 (Meaningless though that is).
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Hmph. The I wouldn't was to shagging Keira "Cotton Wool Bud" Knightly.
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Best film of 2008. There we go. I did like TDK a lot at the time- but it is flawed.
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Still haven't seen In Bruges. Really want to. Its on the movie channels here a lot, but I never have time for it, and its already started by the time I see its on.
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ciao.
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They are undoubtedly trying to strike the funny chord throughout their movies. Wall-E did not strike that chord with me. I'm not sure I would say In Bruges was the best film of '08, but it most definitely is right there at the top. Fucktastacially great flick.
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I can pick the films that stuck with me the most and had the most impact on me though: Let the Right One In and Gran Torino.
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I popped it in last night before I went to bed. I ended up staying up watching the whole thing. It's much better than i remembered. Nothing like a good samurai flick, I always say.
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And that's a reason to celebrate!
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And that's a reason to drink.
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Really, I'm curious.
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Good stuff!
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The last time I received that prestigious honor was 1997 or 1998 when I sent in a quick review for the trailer of the "Mighty Joe Young" remake.
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For me it was because they had Tom Cruise out samurai everyone.
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I always figured the second in command guy was the best samurai though. The short one.And his survival at the end wasn't because he was a better samurai. On the contrary, any true samurai welcomes death on the battlefield. Anyway, I thought Cruise was pretty convincing in the role. Diff'rent strokes.
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I won the My Bloody Valentine dvd comp on mymavra! That's makes my sickly day a lot better. Thanks Mav!
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I waaaay overshot "Hell"s weekend intake with $40 million-something. I thought people would be hungrier for horror, and I based my judgment on previous intakes for "My Bloody Valentine" and "The Strangers". Bleh. At least my "Up" prediction was pretty close.
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I didn't even enter. Bone idle, me.
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I've noticed its now nowhere to be found on AICN. I wonder if they made a mistake and once again, instead of admitting it, the editors just erase the evidence instead.
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Sorry - on a TB absence. Some cunt named TheExterminator gave me shit in the ScriptSkank TB.
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Jun 01, 2009 5:11:16 PM CDT
I hope TIntin was removed because the project was canned.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
God I can hope.....
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One of The Cruiser's best performances. Acting, photography, music, story-- its Double D's in every department.
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Long time no see, dude.
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Horrible idea - as insipid as TheExterminator and his insistence on lowercase.
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Jun 01, 2009 5:18:13 PM CDT
What up Winston......I know. I'm barely on now.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Don't get me wrong I love Tintin. But the mocap duo of Spielberg and Jackson makes me want to fucking vomit. If anyone has the ability to suck the fucking life and magic out of source material with a fist fuck of effects, its these two. There is no reason whatsoever this couldn't have been practical. And Spielberg bragging about technology allowing him to direct via fucking satellite from another country for Part 2?!! FUUUUUUUUUUCK. How the fuck does he not see whats wrong with that picture? What is wrong with him?
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Someone remind him about his friend Coppola directing One From the Heart via loud speaker.
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Urgh - for all the flaws with stuff like Taken, at least it looks practical and realistic. Not saying Tintin should be gutter-brutal, but fuck... enough with this Zemeckis style bullshit where the technology comes first.
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Jun 01, 2009 5:38:45 PM CDT
Yeah Coppola's weird little control bus thing he built....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....that was an odd moment.Honestly...I think Rick McCallum should have produced Tintin and swore to us he'd go practical and make that shit in the same style as Young Indy. Its the perfect formula.
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So yeah, i may be a bit...incapacitated. Ya know, for the movie!
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I looked for Roningai and Twilight Samurai but they had NEITHER. I need to find out who is renting these movies, cause we need to hang out.
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I wonder if the mocap is to somehow presevre the unique visual style of the comic. Maybe it'll have some sort of crazy super-detailed cel-shading or something. Not that such a thing actually sounds good to me. Making a bunch of pretty normal people in a comic CG for no reason seems kind of stupid. There will be some stylistic choices that i'm sure will justify the motion capture. If not, they're a pair of regular retards, and they're wasting A LOT of money.
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With my girlfriend and her brother. Enjoyed it immensely. She spent most of the movie cowering behind her knees and crushing my hand and fingers in hers. There are only two real problems I have with the film, one of which is the way the ending was handled. No spoilers, but if anyone wants to discuss it, I will with plenty of spoiler warnings.
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you can mocap any style, whether it's cartoony or hyper-realistic like Beowulf. Mocap gets you the movements you want so that you dont have to animate it frame by frame from scratch, it's just a shortcut for the animation, which isnt such a shortcut since you have to tweak and adjust it and fix all the bugs and problems in it anyway, no matter how sophisticated your mocap system is.
That said, a Tintin movie is a shit idea no matter how they do it. I love the books, grew up reading them. And in all the different cartoon/movie/live action adaptations they've done over the years, they've barely managed to capture a fraction of how great those stories and characters truly are. I dont see how this is gonna be any different, the resumes of the people involved aint gonna change that. -
You may thank me when I come back in a few days.
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Xi, that is one big motherfucking pig!
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Wank. Cruise is dreadful, it's boring cliched shit. Wretched performances all round, it's a soulless arsehole of a film. Mind you, I've only seen it once, years ago, but that's what I thought of it at the time. The cinematography is nice- to be fair.
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All hail GIANT PIG!
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No mear mortal can slay the true GIANT PIG!!!
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Watched The Hive (good fun, albeit a bit bollocks), and Twin peaks: Fire Walk With Me. British TV is helping my quest for 500 films. Twin Peaks is damned effective. I remain undecided whether watching FWWM before seeing the series hurts the series. I don't think it does. It's also one of the few prequels that is any good. Not to mention that I kind of want to bone Laura Palmer. I'm not really sure why. Possibly because she's muckier than a miner's arse crack.
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you have returned.... Where is that lazy convict? It's hard driving up the hit count alone.
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fuck's sake. Just finished my Sleepaway Camp review. Huzzah!
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That's one fucked up movie.
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Because if you did, I don't know how you are going to sleep tonight.
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eeeeeek! Fucked up doesn't begin to cover it. I'm surprised at the amount of cretinous tools that don't like it because it's "gay". They must have seen a different film to me.
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seriously. I don't get people. Not to mention the amount of pretentious douchebags that compare it to psycho because it loosely features cross dressing. Stupidity.
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You're idea for Spiderman sounds to me (non-comic reader) as the most dreadful mawkish soap opera crap that could have been done. I used to read Spiderman when I was younger, in fact I remember McFarlane's original Venom run. However, I think the mistake was to bring MJ in too early. The first 2 films should have both been Spidey V Green Goblin. Harry's decline etc in the first film while his daddy goes nuts ending with the death of Gwen, and the second should have been about catching Osborne. Harry should not have been killed, because there were a load of great stories such as The Child Within.You can also establish minor villain's that are essential for some of the stories- the likes of Vermin and Kraven. What I'd have done, is had the first film building up to the death of GS with The Vulture as minor villain, the second film with taking down Osborne, but Kraven and Vermin introduced- then the third film would have been the introduction of the Symbiote and teh Sin Eater story that led to Brock going mad (he's just a serial killer after all), fourth film would have been Kraven's last hunt and fifth film Venom properly. Venom made no sense in the 3rd film.
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Cheers Mavra!
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hmm. Do I smell?
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It would've been better if The Cruiser had been killed in battle. Instead of heroically limping into the end credits.
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suddenly two log-in boxes? That's just confusing to scatterbrains like me.
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Try the new 'Primordial Ooze' by Lynx. TB'ers will flock to you.
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The Giant Pig lives!
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nothing like the scent of chav chemicals to bring the TB horde flocking.
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pah. Don't like this.
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needed to be said. Where are all you buggers? If I have to be in work, it's very unfair that you're all slacking.
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Did you have a bad shrimp on the weekend?
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by giving up 5 runs to the lowly Pirates (fucking Putz)...I was flipping between the game and Transporter 2. Still very highly entertaining, but the 'final' showdown blows in the airplane. While feeding my daughter late night, watched most of Assault on Precint 13 with Ethan. As far as remakes go, it's okay. I do really like Ethan though. And Maria...yums.
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it's dreadful. It is one I let off though, because Assault on Precinct 13 itself is a remake.
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that fascist cunt we had as Home Secretary has resigned. I'm going to the pub to celebrate. That fucking bitch is single-handedly responsible for Mrs. Jarv's UK citizenship costing more than a grand. HUZZAH!!!! Great news on a great day.
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I'd rather it had been over the gross anal reaming the cunt has given our civil liberties.
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Best news in ages. One down, a shit load to go. And with a bit of luck the theiving cunt will be prosecuted as well.
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Is one of the most disturbing final shots ever. And the sound design, blleeeecccccch. And then they keep it going through the entire credits sequence! Aaaarrgh!
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But how can anyone not think Ken Watanabe was anything short of brilliant in that film?Although admittedly as far as samurai movies go, Twilight Samurai kicked it's ass.I watched Being There again over the weekend. That's just a brilliant social commentary that foreshadowed 8 years of Bush.Made a batch of home brew over the weekend too. Just what my stomach needs.Health wise I'm on the road to recovery. Was nursed back to health over the weekend and prescription drugs are good.
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Have Professor Curt Connors fulfill his destiny by becoming The Lizard, who starts living in the sewers and killing people, generating they myth of the Alligator-Man of the NY sewers. This would then bring Kraven the Hunter to NY who, like in the Ultimate Spider-Man comics, is the host of a reality show, a Crocodile Hunter type of personality, but more arrogant and brash and without a real care for the animals. He of course will clash with Spidey, who is trying to help his friend Doc Connors without hurting him, and Kraven will soon see Spider-Man as the ultimate hunt and will go after him instead. Now Spidey's got the problem of saving Connors without being killed by him, while also trying to avoid a mad hunter who wants to kill them both for fame and glory.
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don't make it.Until/if it ever gets into Marvel hands, forget it.
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and Hawaiian is right, Ken Watanabe is awesome in it.
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Dreadful is an adjective only to be used with movies like AvP and AvP:R...you can use 'meh' or 'forgettable' with movies like Assault. Because it's not like it's shitting on source material or shitting in your eye sockets.
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and it totally makes the film- It would be sort of ho-hum without it.
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no thanks to Spidey 4. It's fucked now and needs completely recasting.
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but it doesn't bother me as it is a remake of a lesser Carpenter remake.
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pity about the rest of the film.
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I've been alone all day, Cheers Mavra for posting the Sleepaway Camp review.
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is not only do I wurble a lot of crap to myself, but I actually end up doing some work. It's very annoying.
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I disagree with that sentiment. Spidey 3 is nowhere near the travesty that Batman and Robin was.
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Hopefully someone will show tomorrow. I'm not letting a twitch drop from the top 10 on my watch.
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I think I need a good few more years to forget it- Maybe in 2012 when Dunst is far too old to be MJ can we get a Spidey that doesn't have singing etc.
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when compared to what preceded it. For me, Spidey 2 was pretty damn good, though still not exactly what I wanted from Spidey. But it was a vast improvement over the first one. The third one was not good at all to put it mildly. From making the sandman Ben's murderer, to all the fucking crying and dancing...bah I say, bah! [insert Jarv's "dreadful" description here]Fucking FF2 was better than Spidey 3 and much more watchable.Hence, the downturn was greater than say the Batman franchise, which I was never enthralled with from the very start. I'm much more in the Nolan world.
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That sums up spidey 3's tagline.
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me thinks this may fall off the top ten.
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and post like only a madman with his balls stuck in a jar could!
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FF2 better than Spidey 3? You're nuts. Not after the ridiculous shitty handling that was Doom. One of the smartest men on Earth becomes the stupidest, refusing to give up the Surfer's board despite the fact that the world is literally ending around them, and all he wants to do is throw out shitty one liners like "Let's go for a spin!" as he creates a whirlwind around the Four. Fuck that. I'll take an emotional Peter Parker (which is VERY in line with the character and the comics) over RetarDoom.
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And that. Was. It.
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With the themes of revenge and forgiveness, at least it was a comic book film that tried to say something. What was FF2 trying to be about, again?
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I was not impressed and I kept checking the clock, hoping it would be over soon. I'd love to discuss it.
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Jun 02, 2009 2:24:06 PM CDT
"most dreadful mawkish soap opera crap that could have been done
by continentalop
Don't sugar coat it Jarv, tell me what you really think about my Spider-Man idea. I can handle it, so stop beating around the bush.
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Where the artist takes figures from pop culture and Simpsonizes them. I think most of his designs are pretty great. The past week he did characters from LOST, but as you can see if you scroll through his older posts, he also does real life figures, people from other shows like House, the old Batman show from the 60s, He-Man, etc... Good stuff. http://springfieldpunx.blogspot.com/
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That was just a quick example of what they could of done to make sure they gave the series room for the characters to progress and develop, and so the series wouldn't grow stale.
My ACTUAL Spider-Man series would be:
Spider-Man 1: Takes place all in HS (Peter's graduation ceremony would represent him graduating from HS and his graduation to actual hero) and the villain would be Doc Oct, created by the same accident that creates Spider-Man. The plot would be that Doc Oct would try to blackmail NY with a his fusion reactor.
Spider-Man 2: Peter starts college, and we introduce Gwen Stacy, creating a love triangle between Peter, Gwen and MJ. We would also introduce Harry and Norman Osborn. The villains would be The Vulture, who I would make Osborn's ex-partner he framed for embezzlement and now back for revenge, and The Sandman, who would be one of Doc Oct's thugs who was turned into the Sandman thanks to being disintegrated by Doc Oct's fusion reactor at the end of part 1. I would also have the death of Captain Stacy in this film.
Spider-Man 3: Basically a retelling of the Death of Gwen Stacy with Norman Osborn becoming the Green Goblin and than dying at the end of the movie. One thing I would definitely change from the movie is that the Goblin's weapons and devices would all be based on Halloween gimmicks, just like in the comic.
Spider-Man 4 & 5. Toss up between having Kraven and the Lizard, or having The Scorpion (someone created to take down Spider-Man who is blamed for the death of Gwen Stacy). My take on the Scorpion would be very different from the comics - he would be J.J. Jameson's son, combining the Scorpion storyline with Amazing Spider-Man #41 & 42. Probably also introduce symbiote and Venom in these two movies (John Jameson could have brought the alien symbiote back from space since he is an astronaut).
Spider-Man Part 6 - Hobgoblin and the Kingpin of Crime (he should be in at least one Spider-Man movie).
Spider-Man Part 7 - Spider-Man + Sinister Six = Spider-Man 7.
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Hypno-Hustler and June-Jitsu from the Hostess ads.
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Is just a big rip off of Sleepaway Camp. There I said it.
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HOD beat me to the chase by mentioning Ken Wantanabe, who really is great in his role, but Hiroyuki Sandada deserves his due as well. He played the guy that pretty much kicked Cruise's ass ever 15 minutes until he eventually learned how to fight. And I still think it's one of Cruise's best performances. Search your heart, you know it to be true.
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Some of you will know him as the main guy from Twilight Samurai too. A true badass actor. Jarv slighting his acting is but an example of his ignorance!
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But the Fantastic Four sequel was still a pece of shit. Even Spidey 3 was better than that.
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With some ridiculously complex plot taking place in outer space with warring factions and political takeovers and alien races and whatnot. And make it feel like an 80's film too.
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With some ridiculously complex plot taking place in outer space with warring factions and political takeovers and alien races and whatnot. And make it feel like an 80's film too.
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There was a recent mini-series called Silver Surfer: In Thy Name, that I think could serve as a a good blueprint for a truly epic sci-fi movie starring the Silver Surfer. It shouldn't be the whole plot, but it's a good idea, and could make for some fantastic visuals. The thing about the Surfer that I love is he is basically a pure being, whose past lends him much more sympathy for his fellow creatures. It's what sets him apart from Galactus, and gives him the power to defeat his former master. It's a damn shame they fucked up the Galactus story in the sequel, because in my eyes it's one of the best comic stories of all time. Same goes for the Phoenix saga in X-men. When the fuck am I gonna get my scifi epic comics done right? Boy, I'm whiney today.
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Can't recall what happens in it - except for some shenanigans on a bridge. It passed painlessly. That's how I view most of the stuff that gets folk worked up on here, like Transformers. Painless. Watch it, move on.Haven't seen FF Silver Surfer. I presume it's just like the first one - only with a Silver Surfer in it.
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but I was waiting to be served in WH Smith and the Star Trek one was right next to me so I thought 'why not' and grabbed it. I haven't read it yet.Last comics I read were something called 'Dawn' and one called 'Soul Saga.' I liked some of the artwork but I didn't keep reading them.
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Seems weird bringing out a game of the movie... before the movie. Is that normal?
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there's a GIANT PIG on the loose in here somewhere.
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Astro Lesbians/ Werewolves. On the moon. Weren't you supposed to be writing that?We're waiting...
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Jun 02, 2009 5:58:20 PM CDT
FF2 is a fun innocent film. Spidey 3 is kinda boring.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
But not horrible like everyone around here likes to scream about. Again anyone saying Spidey3 is shit while raving about how excited they are for Transformers2 gots fuckin' problems.But FF2 is easily more enjoyable and original than the new Star Trek. Easily.
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Jun 02, 2009 6:01:10 PM CDT
And there is much more of a team element in FF2.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
And hey cut out all the extreme sports bullshit and made Flame Boy much less of a douche bag. And the Lancelot/Alba romance is more believable. The action sequences are far better than the fist and it has some bad ass iconic looking moments like Doom on the ice cap. Overall its fluffy and goofy. A 7 year old could easily enjoy it. I have no problem with that. Everyone acts like a comic film has to constantly remind us how smart and earth shattering it is. Its people in fucking spandex.
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Everyone else has already been mentioned, but Tony Goldwyn is the classic prick, and Timothy Spall is fantastic as his rodent self. Also that dude that played the emperor was quite good. Whenever a film is epic, and intertwines history, romance, and drama-- it is natural for people to brag about how much they hate it regardless of who is in it or what its actually about.
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needs to hurry up and be out already so that I can stop hearing about it.
Why do they have to make it so friggin' serious? Its TRANSFORMERS for fuck's sake. It's ok for it to be fun. And that movie does not look fun. It looks like it's taking itself waaaaay too seriously. I'm sure it'll have its "comic" moments, but they'll only be funny if you're an asshole...such is the Michael Bay way. -
Jun 02, 2009 7:01:58 PM CDT
KungFu, I didn't read it, but what was the recent Surfer series.
by d.vader
Where it was a big crossover of all the outer space Marvel factions, Nova and the Surfer and Captain Marvel and all the aliens like the Kree... What was it called? I don't recall it. I feel like it was going on around the time of Civil War and spanned across a few titles. Would that have been a good one for a movie? That's what I was thinking about with my above comment, with all the political stuff among alien races and some sorta impending doom.
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They could have satisfied both comic fans and casual viewers by having Galactus be a giant man in a helmet AND an outer space cloud of... robots or whatever. How? Well, you have the Gah Lak Tus being contact Reed Richards in some sort of mental telepathy/hallucination sequence, and in order to not blow his mind, Galactus appears in the form of a giant man, albeit one wearing armor and a strangely shaped helmet. Have him wear black if dark purple doesn't work. Or just have him be a cloud that swirls around and takes the form of this classic-Galactus looking man when speaking to Richards. It all happens in his mind, but we still get to see Galactus as we remember him. Then, in the "real world", he's that stupid cloud. Bing, bang, boom. You satisfy both parties.
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For the reasons Danny mentioned, but mainly because the Surfer is a cool and compelling character. Still ridiculously below its potential though.
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Remind me again which party thought the Galactus Cloud was a good thing?
There's nothing particularly wrong with the FF movies except for lame Doom is, of course. They're just a bit childish and lighthearted and not taking themselves seriously. But 20 years ago we woulda been shitting ourselves over how awesome they are. -
I dunno how the "regular" audience would feel about a giant space man. But come on, the movie has a Silver Surfer and a Thing, give me a break. Would they really leave the theater and tell their friends its a "stupid" movie and that they shouldn't go see it bc of a giant space man that eats planets? Really? They wouldn't tell their friends its a stupid movie because, well... its just not great?
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Transcripts between the writers and producers of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
"Ok, so for the next FF movie we are going to have them meet Galactus..."
"Wait. Galactus? Isn't he that giant guy in purple armor who eats planets..."
"Yeah, he is one of the FF's biggest foes."
"Yeah, but no way that translates on the big screen. I mean, a giant purple guy in armor..."
"Ok, what if we make him a space cloud."
"Hmmm. That sounds better. But do you have anything else happen in the movie that would be hard to buy?"
"Well the Silver Surfer comes down to earth and Dr. Doom steals his powers so the Human Torch gets all the powers of the FF so he can take on Doom.
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John Byrne answered that - all races perceive Galactus differently. Why not say all people perceive him differently? The purple armor one is how the first member of the FF saw him so we stick with that version for the majority of the movie for continuity reasons, but you could do a POV shot of each member of the FF (and even some civilians) to show how each person sees him.
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Can be as good for adults as they are for kids, and I have no problem as a comic reader demanding that. FF failed because I wasn't entertained, even if some little kid was. Movies can be ageless. There are plenty of comics that adults can entertain as well as kids. Why shouldn't I expect the same of my movies?
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Just remember what they did with Doom.
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Why aren't we in charge of these films, again?
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of a superhero movie for kids and adults: The Incredibles. That movie had incredible action sequences, great use of teamwork and sharing of the abilities between the family, and the sense of danger was high. Even though it was a Pixar movie, the possibility of death was there. Kids get shot at, a baby almost gets kidnapped, in the opening a man is saved from suicide. The characters are developed and fleshed out, and each individual personality shines. There's a difference between being a kid's movie and just being a stupid movie.
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As I like to call him. As I said in either this TB or the one about Singer/X-Men, they just made him a fucking idiot. The world is literally ending around him, and still he won't give up the damn magic surfboard. Why? Because he's a fucking moron that would rather say corny one-liners than save himself.
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Having a film be "child-like" and "childish".
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Jun 02, 2009 8:34:18 PM CDT
As a kid I remember hating movies that were just aimed...
by continentalop
...at kids, I remember my parents dropping me off at the Satuday matinee to see stuff like The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, The Fifth Musketeer, Mega Force or Herbie Goes to God Knows Where, and I remember hating those movies. I figured out back than that movies that cater just to kids suck because to producers children=stupid.
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But we are willing to learn.
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Usually think he's crap but he surprised me with that one. Liked the movie too by the way, even though the ending fucking sucked incredible ass.
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One more thing about Galactus being to "fake": If Peter Jackson can make a giant flaming eyeball the villain and everyone buys it, I think a giant in purple armor can work.
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Was good though they should have set up heroin girls dad's job earlier in the season. Feels like they had one episode left to go and just made it up as they went along to explain the explosion.
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I got it for Christmas, like, the year it came out. It got shuffled around and is now in a stack of CDs upstairs in my room. I never got around to opening it, but I remember liking the score too. I don't think its Zimmer's best (I dunno what I'd consider his best), but its certainly very good. I might go with "The Thin Red Line" as being one of the top scores from him.
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I wish that would be released. I really like the music that plays when they approach the lighthouse. Its good stuff.
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I always loved the piano music that the villain in "The Peacemaker" (clooney/kidman movie) played. I dunno if it was original score (its not on the soundtrack as far as I know) or if it was some sort of traditional or classical piece. I remember thinking it was quite lovely, but could never find it back in the heyday of Napster while I was in college.
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Even though PJ planned to have Sauron make a physical appearance at the end, to fight Aragorn of all people, thank goodness he decided against that and replaced him with a Troll. I think a giant space man would have worked just fine in a film about stretchy men and rocky men and flaming men and silver surfers.
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almost ruined by an awful ending. The entire movie was awesome and then complete tacked on hollywood bullshit. That said due to a misunderstanding I've sort of forgiven it over the years. The ending still sucks because Cruise should have died with everyone else, because it is the ENTIRE FUCKING POINT OF THE MOVIE!!!, but that said there was a part where all the Japanese working with the US army bowed down to Ken Watanabe's character and refused to fire on Cruise. Now when I first saw the movie I misinterpreted this and thought the Japanese were bowing to Cruise's character which made me completely fucking livid. I went on a tangent about that every time someone brought the move up. It wasn't until I saw the dvd that I realized my error.
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And *not* Watanabe? Yeah, that *would* have made it a terrible film indeed. Funny you thought that, though.
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one of the very few movies that can make me suspend my usual dislike of Tom Cruise. The other is Tropic Thunder.
Last Samurai was great for most of it, but the ending did kinda ruin it, it would have been a stronger finish if Cruise did die with the others. I need to see this again, havent seen it since the theater. -
And this is backing up Conti, Doom should be an epic evil. He should scare the shit out of the whole audience, and every time he shows up, you don't know if the Fantastic Four will survive.
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to answer your question above, the big cosmic crossover is Annihlation. It's a really great read.
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Thanks Fu. Would that make a good flick?
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And he should act intelligently. Not RetarDoom.
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He just lets people know he's the boss quick, and he has the mental capability to accomplish what he wants, which is usually to just subjugate pretty much everyone. And he's short tempered too, which makes it even worse.
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Had me on the edge.
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I don't think either film has ever played on AMC before... But why the double feature tonight? Is today's date a special one regarding the Ghostbusters universe?
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Me with the RetarDoom nickname? That's what I call the FF movie's version of Doom.
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From the pov of a tech guy at Cyberdyne before Judgment Day occurs. Found it in another TB. Laughed a lot. http://www.cracked.com/blog/a-series-of-emails-from-cyberdynes-tech-guy/
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I imagined Doom as this big hulking guy with a metal mask slobbering and lashing out unexpectedly at people inside a mall.
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It was abstract and reminded me of The Nothing in Neverending Story. I'm fine with that. What the fuck do I want to see a giant Power Rangers villain in a helmet for? Now that sounds fucking stupid.
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Jun 02, 2009 11:18:31 PM CDT
I'm watching Ghostbusters 2. 25th anniversary!
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Wow. Thats crazy.And I don't understand why people think the point of Last Samurai was for everyone to die at the end. Cruise's character is a fucking bad ass. And he has probably seen more regular hand to hand combat in his life than the Samurai at that point. Its not like he is some guy they grab off the street and train, in that case I would understand the problem.....but he is a fucking killer from the start. Just because they are samurai does not make them unstoppable. It is possible for a white eye to be just as tough.
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A very tall man is more intimidating than swirling nothing. For example, it's currently storming outside here in Eugene, yet I am not afraid. Now if a giant man in a purple suit with a fork on his head suddenly kicked open my door, I would be more upset.
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Jun 02, 2009 11:26:36 PM CDT
Iconic to comic people. Others don't give a shit about...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...that image. And it did fine without purple guy. 300 million isn't bad.
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It was not to die. His connection with the widow of the man he killed was what drove him to live. And as cool as the captain is, he probably spent a bit more time shooting guns than he did practicing sword technique.
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Jun 02, 2009 11:28:30 PM CDT
I agree. That widowed honey and her kids are what drove him.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
If he hadn't met them, he wouldn't have given a fuck if he lived or died. He hunted Indians for fucks' sake- I guarantee he's got more kills under his belt than most of those samurai. Just because they practice all day in the hills does not make them battle ready.
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At least a purple giant would have been something new. I have to go do homework now.
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Jun 02, 2009 11:30:05 PM CDT
And Zwick already did his movie where everyone dies....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....he wasn't gonna pull that again.
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Jun 02, 2009 11:31:48 PM CDT
The only purple giant I'd accept is this guy...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
http://tinyurl.com/cau2ye
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I've said it before in the comic TB, Dr. Doom is the anti-Batman. Both are normal humans who have made themselves into beings who can literally challenge gods (Batman - Superman & Darksied; Dr. Doom -Mephisto & The Beyonder). Both have dedicated themselves to becoming nearly perfect, and have selected the weapons and tools to accomplish their goals (Batman has pushed himself to human perfection, mastering martial arts and becoming the world's greatest detective; Batman has mastered science and sorcery, and has pushed himself to be considered the world's smartest man). Both are genius tacticians and strategist, and both have vast resources and access to high technology to help them.
When Batman is on screen, people should imagine he can kick ass and is a viable crimefighter. When Doom is on screen, people should be thinking that the FF maybe have met their match (as Fu mentioned). -
It did seem a bit odd that he was the only one to do so, though. But then, someone had to get the sword to the Emperor, and no one else would have done it.
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But I barely remember it. Now the giant wolf, I remember that mother-fucker. He wasn't abstract, he was a giant wolf.
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Only one creature can stop the tyranny that is the GIANT PIG.
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Only you can save us from GIANT PIG!
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Here they are taking the side of the Samurais, like they are these noble people, and I kept thinking these are guys who kept and enforced the feudal system of Japan were they could behead a peasant in moments notice, and here they are trying to prevent Japan from getting modern weapons - if they had succeeded Japan would have lost the war against Russia in 1905 which propelled them to a world power.
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And they were glorified and sugar coated as fuck. In reality their traditions were extremely fucked up and oppressive. I don't watch these sort of films for historical accuracy. The same goes with The Patriot-- bad ass fucking film, but completely inaccurate. Do I care? Fuck no. Imagine its some alternate world. The story is just as enjoyable that way.
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Jun 02, 2009 11:43:25 PM CDT
i think the simple theme of Samurai can be appreciated...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...though, whether or not the telling is accurate. Simply showing a preindustrial culture from simpler times being thrust into the modern world. That is always interesting.
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Jun 02, 2009 11:48:54 PM CDT
Yeah, well, we also trained Japan and gave them the tools...
by d.vader
To start a war with us. Its an American tradition that continues today!
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Jun 02, 2009 11:49:05 PM CDT
I'm saying historical films have to be 100% accurate...
by continentalop
...or that I can't appreciate samurai films because of how I view them in history (I actually love the samurai genre) it is something that I couldn't get out of my head during the movie. Plus, when the film tries so hard to present them as noble and the epitome of honor in such a sincere manner, you can't help but think "Bullshit."
It's like I love westerns, but whenever I watch old or even modern westerns that try to present cowboys and gunfighters as some sort of noble ideal, I think is this before or after they shot someone for just snoring? -
Jun 02, 2009 11:54:25 PM CDT
Yeah, D. Vader, but the British could say the same thing about u
by continentalop
Plus, it was really France, Britain and the Netherlands who equipped and trained the Japanese during the Meiji restoration. American involvement with Japan was minimal during this period (at least according to Wikipedia).
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Jun 02, 2009 11:57:36 PM CDT
Are there any films that show Samurai as uppity pricks?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
They are always portrayed as very working class in the later period, but at this time they were Aristocratic pricks that would spit on common folk.
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and a drunken one at that (until the samurai reformed him) but he wasnt uppity, so........
uh, I dont have a point here do I?
If historical accuracy is what you want, then you better stop watching movies, because most of them, as good as they may be, are full of shit.
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Jun 03, 2009 12:15:37 AM CDT
Asking for historical accuracy is sort of odd....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...if you think about it. Aren't films supposed to be an escape from the cold reality of the real world? Hhhhhmmmmm. I'm thinking of all the bizarrely comical shit you could do with Stalin.
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that's why I dont like all these serious dramas that end up winning Oscars and shit. I mean, Schindler's List, as good as it was, just fucking bummed me out and bored me in parts, and I have no desire to ever see it again. Stalin vs Hitler in a Stooges-like baroque action caper would be awesome.
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....people raising a fuss about the demonizing of the English. Uhhhh yeah....within that story English = COCKSUCKERS, Scottish = KICK ASS. Thsts the setup I need, now bring on the cracking of English skulls. While I sit there for 3 hours enjoying the film, the historical accuracy is never a concern. I am being entertained. Within that world there are villains and heroes. Nothing else matters. Praise Bale.
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The Passion of the Christ. From a technical standpoint both movies are brilliant and the acting is great and all but I agree with Milf Lover that I don't ever want to watch those movies out of a classroom or something.I only watch movies I enjoy over and over again. Also it really pissed me off how everyone brought those points up as a negative against Passion and never thought to say that Schindler's List had all the same problems.
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Jun 03, 2009 12:34:09 AM CDT
odo19 -- good point. Though I find Passion more triumphant.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Not to say I would watch it again....but those flashbacks to his mother were bad ass moments, and drawing the line in the sand. YEAH! Schindler's had nothing like that. Just neverending misery.
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Jun 03, 2009 12:37:47 AM CDT
Going to play Devil's advocate on this historical accuracy thing
by continentalop
Just think, 500-to-a-1000 years from now we might see a movie where Hitler is a hero resisting against the zionist conspiracy. I guess that is my only problem with reducing everything to good guys and bad guys without worrying about if it is historical accurate.
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Jun 03, 2009 12:39:02 AM CDT
If anything, the English were not mean enough to the Scots
by continentalop
If they were, maybe scotsman75 would be to scared to open his yap on the TBs.
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Jun 03, 2009 12:40:20 AM CDT
Thats true....thats what happened to Samurais....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...they are these beloved gentle warriors all of a sudden, when they were really just tyrannical pricks that wouldn't hesitate to cut the head of a kid or a woman for their own gain.
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I didn't mind the fact that the English were the bad guys, but I did mind when Mel Gibson showed his son and his lover as two gay dandies. It the real world the son's lover was actually a pretty bad ass military leader and warrior. Now, this isn't so much a thing about historical accuracy as it is about missed opportunity - imagine if they had the boyfriend as an essential part of the English army, a great commander and knight the king can't afford to lose, despite the fact that he despises his lifestyle and his relationship with his son.
Plus gay villains always make the best henchmen in movies (Martin Landau in North By Northwest, Mr. Kidd & Mr. Witt in Diamonds are Forever, that one guy in Salvador). -
And think about how they are constantly showed as these noble, romantic warriors. I guess they forget they enforced a feudal caste system and it was their job to keep the peasants down and wage war against "infidels."
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It moved me while I sat through the Passion completely uncaring and uninvolved.
Of course it could be the circumstances I saw the movie - Christmas Day opening, where me and my brother were the only gentiles there and people brought photos of their grand parents and there were old people there showing their grand children the numbers tattooed on their arms.
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Jun 03, 2009 12:51:00 AM CDT
Knights are still shown as pricks sometimes though.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
And they are not injected with this spiritual quality on film, like Samurais are. They are always portrayed as these gentle souls grazing the hills, hesitant warriors really. I'm like dude....you motherfuckers ate babies.
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SWORD OF DOOM shows some of them as completely psychotic, and the majority of them as political. SAMURAI REBELLION shows them as being oppressors, and HARAKIRI showed the hypocrisy of the old feudal system.
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Jun 03, 2009 1:03:38 AM CDT
Oh thats cool. They tell their history how it is.......
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....like anything, I'm sure there were some cool ones. But overall their code is fucking psychotic. Some guy gives you the stink eye so you have the jurisdiction to cut his fucking head off? Hhhhmmmm....
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Jun 03, 2009 1:04:57 AM CDT
I guess we just like to think of Asians as spiritual and noble.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Thats not a bad thing necessarily. I think of them like that as well. Is it still prejudice if its a positive sort of stereotype? I suppose so.
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I admit it is a dumb show but I watch it when it is on. Anyway, they had an episode with Vikings vs. Samurai and it made me think, why isn't the Viking genre as big as the Samurai or Western?
To me it has got everything you want in a movie - violence, battle axes cutting off limbs, raids, dirty guys drinking mead and lost of filth.
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And agreed. We need more fucking vikings......in everything. I want viking themed porn.
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black people have let slide that I've witnessed, I think good things are okay. Which kind of sucks for us Mexicans since we really dont have any good stereotypes.
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HAMMER OF WHORE & GODS OF ASSGARD are the two I want to make.
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vikings in school. I guess Beowulf was the only one thats come out in recent years that I can think of.
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NSFW http://tinyurl.com/qpqz67
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Jun 03, 2009 1:19:58 AM CDT
Oh right. I thought Pathfinder was about indians for some reason
by odo19
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I fucking love that movie. Everyone else seems to hate it. There are about 4 lines in the whole thing followed by 90 minutes of destruction.
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Jun 03, 2009 1:22:31 AM CDT
Urban is a Viking kid left behind years back.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....Indians raise him, like the wolves raised Mowgli. Except they are not those kinda Indians.
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Take care.
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He is the manliest of Kiwis. I might give it a rent soon.
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...Wizard Penis.
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Pretty much every way imaginable. Noble, evil, insane. What impresses me about the samurai is the degree of focus, and the intensity they have for what they do. Seven Samurai alone presents samurai all kinds of ways. Toshiro Mifune's character is all kinds of flawed, but in the end his determination ends up finishing off the bandits.These are just discussions about archetypes anyway, so the interpretations can be as narrow or broad as you want them to be. You can assign stereotypes to an entire race of people (Danny) or you can actually look at every individual."I guess we like to think of Asians as spiritual and noble." What kind of statement is that? Is the "we" supposed to be all of the C of C? And what do you mean by "spiritual"? Making assumptions and broad statements isn't getting anybody anywhere.
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"Baleievers"
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The Asians I have known have been very different from one another. 1. growler, 2. boy with girlfriend of 4 years who still finds the time to rape, and bitch roommate.
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- commas, + "3."
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I may have been experimenting with red wine cocktails hoje a noite.
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Western films (I mean American and European, not guys with six-shooters and horses) are guilty of stereotyping asians as one of two things; the fu manchu, wily and sneaking Asian; or the noble, spiritual Asian.
Even when they do some sort of crime movie and they throw in an Asian gang, it is always the know kung fu and they are somehow more noble & honor bound than white, black or hispanic criminals.
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Seriously, Danny, I know you've got some strange ideas but I cannot buy "Cruise is meant to be a badass". What the fuck? He's meant to be a douchebag. Having seen you slam Ed Harris for playing a douche countless times to then excuse a lamentably awful cruise performance (even worse given that he was playing himself) just doesn't sit right. Billy Connoly was also atrocious, and Timothy Spall, by his own very high standards slept through the film. What about that it was dull as shit? You can pontificate as much as you all like about the cinematography, or the japanese cast etc. but at the end of the day there has to be something to keep me interested. It was a rotten, awful film. and that ending? What? It would have been better if Cruise's douchebag had died, because then the film would have been over faster- but it was just plain embarrasing. I look at the last Samurai as a film that had some great ideas but drowned under the weight of it's self-importance. It's shit.
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that's totally true.
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Now I don't like Braveheart, because it bores me, but it was right in the middle of Mel's English= Bad phase. Ordinarily, I couldn't give less of a fuck if we're portrayed as villainous. However, the historical inaccuracy in Braveheart is a big deal in this country, especially in Scotland, because History teaching in Schools is so fucking useless. There's a whole generation of Scottish kids that think Braveheart= fact. I also wouldn't care if it said "loosely based on history" buy it doesn't. It pretends that it's fact. Really, though Braveheart is 1 million times the film Last Samurai could ever be- all nitpicking aside.
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is not aging well for me. When I first saw it, I thought it was incredible, but when i saw it again last year there were bits I just wanted to fast forward (Neeson's crying) or just turn off (the end).
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gave a shit that Galactus was a cloud. I happen to think that a giant guy that eats planets is goofy, but I also think that the whole FF are goofy, so it kind of fits.
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stupid Jarv. read the TB first.
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The problem I have with Braveheart is the same problem I have with Gladiator & 300, is that they are BS. And I am not speaking historically (which they are) but they lie about what the true meaning of the theme of the movie is, They claim it is about Freedom or stopping tyranny, but really they are just about some guy who wants revenge, or in the case of 300 a bunch of guys who just want to bust heads.
Now I don't mind revenge flicks or violent movies, I actually love them, but what I hate is when they try to claims to be about something else when they are not, like they have all these high ideals and big concepts and they don't.
When Mel cries out "Freedom" that is such BS because he wasn't fighting for freedom ever, he was fighting because he was pissed off that his wife was murdered. If you have a movie about a guy going to Iraq and you show his wife was killed on 9-11, I don't think they audience is going to think he is fighting for freedom when he guns down an insurgent, they are gonna think he is getting payback for what happened to him. -
I have no desire to waste time on that
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nope not seen that either. Don't want to.
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About Braveheart being fundamentally dishonest. It is.
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http://tinyurl.com/pxoryrWaawahhWaaaooooaaaAAH!
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it had more GIANT PIG. At least Danny is honest about his reasons for liking these sort of films- he wants to see busted heads. That's fine, but I'd rather see it in something that wasn't pretending it was factual.
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SFW?
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Ok, everyone here already agrees it is bad, and to be honest I haven't even seen all of it, just caught 30 minutes here, 45 minutes there, 15 minutes, so I have never sat down and watched the whole thing in one sitting (and I don't want to).
But what I hate about the movie is that it suddenly makes Peter Parker into a hippocrit and undermines any moral authority he ever had. The man who everyone thought killed his Uncle Ben in the first movie is innocent of that crime, yet Parker was pushed him through the window indirectly causing his death (or directly, I am not 100% sure). But still, he murdered someone, punishing him for a crime he didn't commit.
The entire theme of the series is destroyed "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility." The Spider-Man I know would feel compelled to either retire from crime-fighting or he would actually turn himself in. But instead they treat it like "Hey, no big deal." -
= religious torture porn.
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I know this is in the other TB, but my point about playing it safe is that in 1973 they found an unadapted property with a following and took creative risks adapting said property. In 2009 they take a "franchise" name, then turn out a load of bollocks dictated by focus groups that bears little or no resemblance to the source. Preferably, said source material is a film that was successful in the recent past.
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hehehehehe. I can count lots of different ways that film sucks. The thing is, Peter was actually a prick before the black suit came anywhere near him, a conceited self important prick.
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and in other news, I want to bitchslap the cunt that did this to Clash of the Titans: I love Greek mythology and there should be so much mileage in it that Hollywood just hasn't touched (see also Arthurain and Norse legend), but this is a dreadful bastardisation of the Perseus myth. It's about destiny, not some bullshit revenge story. Infuriating. All the myths basically deal with a big theme- hubris in Bellaraphon, Destiny in Perseus etc. Maddening- why not adapt them properly? How good could a proper Argonaut story be with today's effects? Pretty fucking epic. Or Theseus and the Minotaur? If this sub 300 wank goes through it will kill mythology in Hollywood.
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about the dream Spider Man movie. It would totally have to have Rhino and Vulture robbing a bank in the opening of the movie, and then end with Lizard underground, and then ending with Kraven hunting him down and burying him. It ends with Kraven going to his cottage in South Africa and dying of throat cancer.
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and have no problems with him offing himself. Have you seen that drivel they've done to Clash of the titans? Goddamit: ""Helpless to save his family from Hades (Ralph Fiennes), vengeful god of the underworld, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus (Liam Neeson) and unleash hell on earth. Leading a daring band of warriors, Perseus sets off on a perilous journey deep into forbidden worlds. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, he will only survive if he can accept his power as a god, defy his fate and create his own destiny."Why not just adapt the perseus myth properly, I mean it's only been popular for over 2000 years. Fucking hacks.
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every so often someone comes up with an absolutely mint idea- Spud McSpud with:"Remake Flash Gordon Casper Van Dien for Flash. Verhoeven to direct. Megan Fox for Dale, Eva Green for Princess Aura."So close to perfect, just Megan Fox is not Dale- she'd be Aura.
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No, I agree with 100%. My point was, and I guess I am doing a bad job of making it, that I can't really be upset at the executives and studios for doing it that way. I mean, their formula and business model works.
As a lover of good films and a die hard fan of the New Hollywood Movement it kills me, but as an intelligent human being I have to recognize that their goals are not the same as mine (especially the film's investors): they don't want the next Chinatown or Nashville, they just want to make a lot of money and get laid a lot and they are achieving those goals.
Now those are not my goals (well, they are but not my only priorities), but I cannot project my beliefs and values onto someone else - my only hope is that the pendulum shifts and audiences get sick of the safe, boring crap that studios have been making giving room for the riskier, braver producers and filmmakers a chance to get something out there that will inspire investors to follow after them. -
They do a great job in that book explaining why test groups just don't work for new or innovative ideas. If you are making another action movie or stupid comedy - like Night at the Museum - they work great, but if you are trying to do a modern day Chinatown they are just pointless.
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Flash Ah-ha he saved every one of us. The only way I'd accept that is if the line "Flash I love you, but we've only got 14 hours left to save the Earth" is kept intact. Interestingly, Whatshisname that made Get Carter made Flash Gordon. That's a weird body of work.
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killed the music industry. Piracy is symptomatic of dreadful plastic product. Hollywood should look at the Music Industry for a warning of where it's headed. I've not read Blink, but there's a great but in If Chin's Could Kill where Bruce talks about a focus group reaction to Darkman that forced Raimi to remove a scene that shows how fucking idiotic focus groups are.
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actually as marketing spend has increased the percentage profit has decreased- it's like Alice in Wonderland where you have to run twice as fast as you can to actually get anywhere. It's fear driven as well- they're in thrall of marketing- as when you're gambling with $300m, a fuck up is disastrous. Which is why I'm astounded that Singer is even being considered for another tentpole movie after the Stalkerman fiasco.
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Been off due to some man-flu. Which was a soof a bitch because it was very nice weather and I mostly just saw it through my fucking window. Loving being back at work as well.
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All this talk about Braveheart and Samurai Films got me thinking about sword fights in movies. My list for the 3 greatest sword fights ever (in no particular order):
1 - ROB ROY: Rob Roy vs. Archibald Cunningham (and for the record, I think Rob Roy is a vastly superior movie to Braveheart).
2 - SAMURAI III: DUEL AT GANRYU ISLAND - Toshirô Mifune as Musashi Miyamoto, the greatest swordsman in Japanese history, in his greatest swordfight. This is an awesome fight, not because you have a lot of action or moves, but because you actually see strategy and tactics. They are fighting on the beach and Mifune's opponent has got him trapped at the edge of the water, reducing his speed, but Mifune in turn is just waiting for the sun behind him to rise a little more so it will blind his opponent. It shows that great swordsmen require patience and that it is a chess game.
3 - THE PRINCESS BRIDE: Inigo Montoya vs. Count Tyrone Rugen. I know a lot of people like the first fight better between Montoya & Westley, but this one had such a great build up and emotional pay off. Each time Inigo says "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die" it just gets better and more exhilarating. By the end you are just cheering him and thrilled for his chance at vengeance. For me, this is the emotional climax of the film.
Honorable mention: THE DUELIST, not because of any one particular fight but just because it shows the mentality it would require to constantly want to get into a sword fight.
I love the old swashbuckler movies with Errol Flynn, Burt Lancaster, Basil Rathbone and Tyrone Power, but to be honest you always know who was going to win in the end. Not that much suspense in those films. -
Jun 03, 2009 3:49:42 AM CDT
"soof a bitch" = son of a bitch
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Watched stuff over the weekend. Can't really remember everything. Donnie Brasco directors cut. Great fucking movie. Extra scenes were good but not entirely necessary. This is in my Top 10 of the 90's. I love it. Last Chance Harvey - Basically Before Sunset with old people in London. It was okay. I don't really remember what else I watched.
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Of recent flicks, The Mask of Zorro and The Count of Monte Cristo both has some good swordfighting scenes. And I loved both flicks as well.
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Jun 03, 2009 3:55:35 AM CDT
I think piracy would kill movies or music no matter the quality
by continentalop
To me it is just a sign of the changing technology, not the quality of the films. I think if you gave people in the 70s the ability to steal movies easily with little chance of consequences they would of done it in a second. Wanting something for nothing is just human nature.
My worry about Hollywood relying to much on focus groups and the lowest common denominator is that they will miss the boat on where people want to go. Hollywood doesn't dominate films like they once did - India, China and other countries are beginning to compete with Hollywood in the world market. If Hollywood is unwilling to find out what the next trend is, they may find themselves no longer the number one film producer and instead become like Britain or Frances film industry (something I don't want to see happen considering the fact that I work in Hollywood). -
I don't want to rag on the man, but I just couldn't buy Depp. There is absolutely nothing that says "street" in that movie. I was thinking "Why don't the mobster put a bullet in his head? There is no way they could believe he is a wise guy?"
The funny thing is I bought Leo in Departed as an undercover hoodlum (but that might just be subjective viewing - he resembles a guy I knew who used to sell drugs and do all kinds of shit, so that helps). -
I didn't care for that movie, but I will say the first 10 minutes when they first introduce Hopkins' Zorro is just f'ing brilliant.
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Jun 03, 2009 4:11:54 AM CDT
A major problem with hollywood is...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
because there is so much money involved, they play it safe. So if a certain type of flick is a hit, then all of a sudden there will be 10 more just like it getting made. Then there will be the sequels. So anything original will get pushed out to make way for more of the same. BUT it's not entirely Hollywoods fault. General moviegoers are what make make these flicks hits. So if "we" keep supporting these types of flicks by going to see them, there will never be any change made to the system. Look at 2005 for example. Out of the top 10 grossing flicks, 6 were sequels or remakes, 1 was based on a massive selling book franchise (built in fanbase), 1 was a celebrity voiced animated flick, and 2 were massive because of the stars involved. Then you get something like The Island. You may not like it (I enjoyed it more than 8 out of the top 10), but as an example, it doesn't fall into any of those categories. It gets released DOA. According to wiki it made $162m worldwide from a $126m budget. But it didn't have that massive opening weekend so it was deemed a failure. Hollywood is only giving us what it thinks we want.
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Jun 03, 2009 4:16:26 AM CDT
Somehow we need to convince Hollywood..
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
that what we want are flicks about a... GIANT PIG!!!
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Is that they are willing to hire people like me, Obviously competence is not high on their list of priorities.
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I think the power of piracy is grossly overrated- I'm not particularly ahead in terms of technology, but there's been many a time when I've pirated something then paid to see it- OUTLANDER was a recent example.I used to work in Licensing in the Music Industry for a small label, and despite rampant piracy our old dead catalogue used to sell at a steady rate- all the tunes worth buying were available all over the place, but sales did not decline. Sure there will be some impact, but not as much as is made out to be. The problem is in the product, not the technology. I love that fight in Princess Bride.
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You obviously have experience and insight into pirating that I don't. I guess that it seems counter-intuitive to me: humans just come across as selfish little animals like anything else, so I can't imagine them paying for something when they could get it for free.
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you're absolutely right about them playing it safe, and this is at the root of the problem. The thing is, they're not giving us what they think we want; rather they're using saturation marketing to tell us what we want. Look around, even in that soulless hell hole Canary Wharf, every time a bus goes past it will have an ad on the side for movie de jour. This comes from fear of being sacked- if you are terrified of losing your job then you will always take the most conservative option- a big "franchise" name, most recently Alien, and a fucking huge marketing budget do tend to guarantee at least parity.
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but Man is also, strangely, a collector by nature. And it's this impulse that means that physical media will never die. See books for example. Music is most vulnerable because of the fragility of the format, and because some genius cracked how to make a hard drive look cool.
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Jun 03, 2009 4:41:07 AM CDT
Marketing may influence people
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
But ultimately there is the free will of the individual.
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I like that. I find it hard to believe though- especially in a world where people can genuinly thing fat glaseweigen loony munter boyle is talented, or that Girls Aloud are any good.
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And I realized why people think of that movie as the "gayest" horror movie ever.
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now that we're being all serious
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but really, they should be OK, because the actress they beefed one out over is female. They're so far in the fucking closet that they're standing in Narnia. Damn it, I wish I'd thought of that line when I was writing the review.
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Jun 03, 2009 5:03:26 AM CDT
Off for a smoke and to read Jarvs Sleepaway Camp review
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Never seen it. Highly unlikely that I will. So may as well read it in all it's glory. Keep a look out for the GIANT PIG!!!
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It is past 3AM here in LA-LA land, and I have to go to work tomorrow morning. Been suffering from insomnia of late.
It is either do to the memory of the end of SLEEPAWAY CAMP or else it is because...
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It is actually kind of funny (if I remember right).
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I was a bit traumatised by Teenage Hooker becomes Killing Machine last night, which is nothing like I was expecting.
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Best fend off that GIANT PIG when I'm outside. I am dangerously near to London Zoo and there are some very large porkers around there.
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Good movie. And Goldwyn is in it. For some reason I like that guy a lot. He's hardly in anything, but I still like him. He's the only reason I'm interested in seeing the Last House on the Left remake. He and Mark Strong need to be in more stuff.
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I agree with whoever said that the only good thing about it is the Silver Surfer. He does need his own flick. But it needs to be a much darker tone than the FF's. I've never read any of the funny books, but isn't his character a bit of an anti-hero?
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Jun 03, 2009 5:59:32 AM CDT
Never seen The Passion of the Christ
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Not interested. It combines two things I have no interest in. Torture porn and the story of jesus.
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Only seen it when it first came out. It was okay from memory. But I have no interest in seeing it again. I would however like to see Rob Roy again. I really enjoyed that. Great villainous performance by Tim Roth and some great swordfights.
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Jun 03, 2009 6:04:43 AM CDT
Watched the rest of Burn After Reading
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Probably the worst Coen Bros flick I've seen apart from The Ladykillers and that divorce lawyer one with clooney and zeta jones.
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that is. Rob Roy is worth it for Roth and Hurt, but not really that great a film and Lange is terrible. I totally agree about The Passion.
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Hazel Blears is gone. Now if only the met pull their fingers out and prosecute.
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Motoko Kusanagi has actually apologised for annoying the fuck out of everyone in the Avatar TB. Never thought I'd see the day.
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that seems most unlike him.
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Concerning historical accuracy in movies, I could give a damn. Like Danny says, it's just a form of entertainment. Pretend it's an alternate universe or check the tubes when you get home to see how close they were to the real thing. Inform yourself.Schindler's List is depressing as hell but for whatever reason I can watch it every few years to remind me of how good I have it and what total scum humanity is and how that global killer can't arrive soon enough.Love Mel but will never see The Passion.Burn After Reading made my top ten last year. I will never understand the hate.After reading some books on how Hollywood works, I completely understand why we get the types of movies we do. But we're also to blame for that. We've become so accustomed to cliche and whiz bangery that we don't even notice when the actual story sucks (e.g. Star Trek, The Dark Knight, Transformers).Rob Roy continues to be ace.
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Won't watch nerd trek and hate Transformers. Cheer up Donor- we're about to send some politicians to jail. That should make you a bit happy, surely? a few less fuckheads ruining the world.
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Jun 03, 2009 8:28:46 AM CDT
I didn't "hate" Burn After Reading
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
I didn't inspire that much passion in me. I just thought it was a complete misfire. The Coens haven't made a good comedy since Lebowski. And since four out of six of their films since then have been comedies, it's safe to say they should steer clear of them for a while.
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Are you sure?
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Every single film takes liberties with history. It's required in order for the audience to actually sit through the film. If you want accuracy, watch the history channel.
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O Brother (comedy)The Man Who Wasn't There (not a comedy) The divorce lawyer one (comedy)The Ladykillers (comedy)No Country for old men (not a comedy) Burn After Reading (comedy)
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had elements of black comedy in it, but i wouldn't necessarily call it a comedy.
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maybe they're just comedied-out at the moment.Historical Accuracy- that isn't the point, it becomes relevant when they triumphantly hail their fiction as fact- see U-571 or Braveheart for examples. If you say it's fiction but "based on" history then that's a different thing. It's just dishonest otherwise.
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I just can't recall the flicks that don't say 'based'. I think it was Catch Me If You Can which said 'inspired by a true story'. Did U571 have a 'based on' title card? I know that particular flick really annoys the Brits (and justifiably IMO).
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was historically accurate. I like historical adventure yarns, but dislike them when they're pretending to be something they aren't. U-571 is irritating because of the gross disservice it did to the people that actually did recover the machine. That's rude.
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Jun 03, 2009 9:05:14 AM CDT
"Mel pretended The Patriot was historically accurate."
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Did he? He really is Mad Mel then. A historically accurate Roland Emmerich flick. Hilarious.
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And I'll be happy. Otherwise all life on this planet can't end fast enough for me.Concerning historical accuracy, as I'm well read and know my history I don't care when Hollywood takes tremendous liberties. Hence, why I enjoyed the hell out of U-571 even though I know the Brits yoinked the first Enigma machine. The Jovi got slammed by a slab of metal and I always enjoy the work of Keitel.Bar Refaeli naked on the cover of Esquire? I need a moment.
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And are their drinks reasonably priced?
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he works as animal trainer for THE BATES.
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but if it's served by nekkid wenches then I'm prepared to pay slightly over the odds.
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It's from HuffPo so the website is SFW although the pictures not entirely.http://tinyurl.com/mdqqsp
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I'd certainly pay over the odds at bar rafaeli!
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But the peasants sure didn't like them. Samurai did not have a good reputation.
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She's freakin' hot.
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It seems like it had about 90 minutes cut out of that thing, the way every scene feels like a jump cut. And don't get me started on the absolute bullshit that is Urban and his friend creating a giant trap that ends up accidentally killing his entire tribe.
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Yeah I'm playing catchup here.
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In Willow when the knights march past Willow and his friend by Mad Martigan's hanging cell. One of the knights kicks Willow and yells "Out of the way, Peck!" I love that line. I love that its a racial slur for short people. I said it all the time in college when I was moving through a crowd. That counts, right?
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I also enjoy that its narrated by David Wenham (Faramir in LOTR, One-Eye in 300). They've also had Ninja vs Spartan, Apache warrior vs Gladiator, Italian Mafia vs Yakuza, etc. Its a fun show.
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That criminal backed up on his own accord and tripped over a pipe. Parker never "killed" until he wore the black suit.
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He likes the Sports Illustrated chicks. He's gone out with that Bar Rafaeli chick, Giselle and he's now with another one. Lucky SOB.
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Waiting for the sun and timing it just right.
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Jun 03, 2009 10:36:47 AM CDT
The Jovi = He of the big hair and power ballad
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
The wrong Bon to choke on his own vomit.
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I saw a test screening of a crappy slasher film he was in called "Cry Wolf" a few years ago when I was in LA. The girl in it was hot, though.
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http://nextround.net/2009/06/01/levar-burton-hates-lower-case-f-king-vs/
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aside from someone that only likes Capital V's
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times have been hard for him since the 80's ended.
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Happy to join ya.
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such as GIANT PIG!
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You'd recognize him. Unless you didn't get Reading Rainbow in the UK... which you probably didn't.
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Gonna kill every last one of those motherfuckin' geese, are ya?
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or a Taff?
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I liken them to godless whores
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but they have the stench of rain soaked cattle.
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when society collapses and I seize power I'm going to build a massive Doomsday-style electric fence cutting Wales off from the rest of the British Isles. And I'm going to shoot any of the sheep-shagging fuckers that attempts to cross over. Because I'm fair like that.
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Have no clue what kind of slang we're talking about.
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and Welsh women? Sumos shave their legs.
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Easy really. I'm off now- work's over, and I have beer to drink.
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*sticks tongue out*
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Yank puss is quite lovely; dont smell much like old salad dressing.
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Ok, he didn't push the guy but he is indirectly responsible for his death, If he wasn't there maybe the cops would have gotten him alive, but because he interfered he caused the death of a man who at most was an involuntary accomplice to his Uncle's death.
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You know you are taking that show to seriously when you watch it and you bitch that they are having "Mafia vs. Yakuza" and "Green Beret vs. Spetsnaz" - "Hey, this is only supposed to be about ancient warriors. No fucking guns."
For the record, knights got ripped off - No way a pirate takes a knight even if they are armed with a flintlock and blunderbuss. -
Discussion in the comic TB made me think about the one we were having here about samurais and how they are always shown as spiritual and noble.
That is how Native Americans are always shown as well (at least nowadays) but have you ever read about the Apache warriors? Man, they sound like the biggest bunch of dicks ever. Tough as hell and brave, yes, but still a bunch of sadistic bastards. -
Jun 03, 2009 3:04:29 PM CDT
kungfuhustler84 -- I was not speaking for CoC.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...I was speaking of Western filmmakers largely portraying Asians as noble and spiritual. Deny that all you want you fucking cry baby.
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Re: Peacemaker music.I believe it's Chopin - Nocturne in C# Minor.
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That Oldsmobile gets around doesn't it.
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Just finished watching that again. Cameron missed a superb opportunity to pay homage to T1. When they're outside the loony bin and Furlong's telling Arnie he can't kill anyone when they go busting in there. He wants the deadly cyborg to promise so Furlong says "Swear." And Arnie should have replied - "Fuck you, asshole."Top movie. T3 on Friday then I'm all set for T4 on Saturday.
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I would give the task of granting access to either Jarv or Pillow. I cannot myself claim that position as I am more like the Ghost of Chang, as in I float in and out haunting the talkbacks I see fit
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just wondering when the new site will be up
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How on earth did you figure that out (Peacemaker music)?
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BELIEVE.
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No way! I'm a true Baleiever!http://tinyurl.com/dbn86n
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On The Tonight Show with Andy Richter. This is gonna be faaaaaaantastic.
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To the year.... 3000! With new and improved (and overly complicated) costumes too. I'm gonna enjoy Conan on The Tonight Show. I can tell already.
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How can you not mention the Madonna swordfight from Die Another Day? It kicks every kind of ass known to man!
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--Homer Simpson
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slow day. how is everyone?
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"This baby is right off the charts, mm-hai." -- Professor Fink.
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Courtesy of Prof. Fink's Sarcasm detector.
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It's possible to dislike both Spidey3 and FF2 right? I was bored stiff by both movies and turned them off about 30 or so minutes in.What is the criteria for 'dicks" as it's being thrown around this here TB? What constitutes one group or another as being "dickish"? could somebody please define the terms of the discussion becasue I'm lost. No big surprise there I know.Apache, yep they were were stout and deadly fighters but as far as the users of enchanced interrogation techniques they were not alone. Every nation engaged in it. Torure was a part of Indian society. Almost every tribe had a dedicated clan of fellows that liked to dish out the pain.Here's a suggestion, google Yaquis Indians. If I am interperting the "dick" conversation correctly, these guys fit the bill. Out of all the North American Indians they were number one with a bullet about enjoying the sufferings of thier fellow man. Case in point, the favorite enhanced interrogation technique of the Yaquis was to a tie some unfortunate sumbitch upside down to a Saguaro Cactus with wet rawhide in the morning after the sun has come up. They came back six or so hours later AFTER the rawhide dried so the target is bound even TIGHTER to the cactus, suffering from thirst, and then they begin the torture. Yaquis usually started by lanching flaming pitch darts at the poor bastard. It goes down hill from there really fast.The great Shogun debate of 2009. I think maybe some of the more egregious actions committed by the Ronin(Samurai not bound to a Shogun) are being hung on the Samurai. I'm not saying they didn't do some of the things being thrown about but the Ronin did far more of it. Ronins were really nothing more then heavily armed, well trained bandits.I agree about the way the Samurai are presented in western cinema but that's what HW does. They glorify or magnify it's an annoying trait.Accuraccy in movies. Mostly it doesn't bother me BUT, some things, important things, like WW2 or a few other events in history, they should stick closer to the truth. Note I said "closer" and not "accurately".
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Dickishness: relating to, or being, in the state, quality, condition or degree of being a dick.
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the CoC?
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Abbreviation for "Certificate of Compliance", an internal document issued by some large organizations once their employees have worked though a process to keep company lawyers happy.
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Cock Out of Commission. 3. Creeper on Campus. An acronym used to describe a person who is creeping or lurking around your school, house, neighborhood, etc.
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Code of Conduct And a few more lame definitions. And if I ask about Church of Chang, it tells me "Church of Chang isn't defined yet." Shouldnt someone do something about this? -
Will be up and running on Friday? Nice!
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morning. It's another lovely day here.
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That will be why I haven't a clue who he is, as I've only seen the odd movie of theirs and hated them.
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and it was Mint.
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Is always mint.
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He played the overly earnest chief engineer. Of course being overly earnest in TNG seemed to be what everybody was so nothing special there.
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Hmmm, I think the Yaquis would qualify as “dicks”. As for the Apache, while yes many societies use torture, I think it is ok to point which societies seemed the most dedicated to inflicting pain on other people, whether they be the Apache, the Spartans, the Mongols, the Nazis, or Dick Cheney.
As for the Apache, their name itself is said to be given them by other Indians and supposedly means “enemy”. I don’t know if that is true, but it is fitting. The Apaches are notorious amongst other Indians and settlers of the Southwest for the atrocities they have committed. Now I understand different cultures have different morales, but I don’t care what your culture is, killing children and babies is just wrong (and that includes the Hebrews doing the same to the Amalek).
Of course I am not forgiving America for its autrocities either. While I wouldn’t go as far and say we have a culture of extreme violence like the Apaches did (which I understand was partly necessary for their survival) we did do a lot of evil things in the history of this country. In fact I am much more forgiving to Native Americans because they were “savages”; we on the other hand were a nation built on laws and the idea of individual rights. Cruelty and barbarism is horrible, but cruelty and barbarism committed by civilized hypocrites is worse IMO.
Actually, a good movie about the conflict between the US and Apaches was ULZANA'S RAID. Anyone here ever see it?
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The word Apache has no real meaning really and nobody is quite sure where it derived from. I've heard everything from Yavapi, Zuni, Navajo, Spanish and even French. Apaches never use the word Apache unless talking to round eyes. You refere to yourself by your tribal affiliation like White Mouintain(the Apache name I won't even try to spell so I'm angloizing), Chiricahua, Mescalro etc. Tribe was paramount since there wasn't any overiding sense of natioalnalism.Even though the Apaches were raiders of note and travelled all the way down to central Mexico and up to Canada they avoided the Yaquis whenever possible. If you ever have the chance to see any Yaquis ceremony it's pretty funny. They've incorporated catholisim into tradtional ceremonies and alot of the ceromonies are based on torture. Which is really much of the same thing.I have to come clean about something. I was messing with you last week about the hippie stuff. I figured somebody would have ratted me out long before but nobody did. I guess nobody actually reads the talkbacks.
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I forgot to ask this above. I was 11B what were you?
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11B as well. Got a medical discharge early thanks to the fact I suffered from an eye stigmatization that caused rapid vision loss (don't worry, I had surgery in 2001 that has completely halted the loss of vision and has actually restored a lot of my sight - I still am blind as a bat without my contacts or glasses but at least my vision is no longer declining).
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I'm nearly crying with laughter. When Continentalop said they were having a diversity discussion in the comic TB, I went to have a look, and some absolute tool called Psynapse thinks that Magic (spelt magick!?!) is real and that Alan Moore is a Sorceror and not a burnt out hippy Whacko with a boner for Thatcher. Christ, I'm nearly crying with laughter. By the way- who is that Joenathan tool? He's a complete fuckhead. I'm certain I've seen that style on a previously banned user.
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I can't stop laughing and people are giving me strange looks.
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And Joenathan can be obnoxious at times (well, all the time) but I just ignore the know-it-all-ism.
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thinks it's real. Crowley was a notorious opium addict and charlatan. I thought everyone knew this.
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I can't wait for Psynapse to respond.
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dude's nuttier than a fruitcake. At least Crowley didn't actually believe in the bollocks.
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Great, You just wrote a comic book about Alice in Wonderland, Dorothy from Oz, and Wendy from Peter Pan all talking and having sex. So how does this make you a genius instead of just a dirty old man?
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I was mildly curious. And what's with letting an 8 year old do reviews? What the fuck? How lame is that?
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It is a reminder to me that comic books are really meant for 8-year olds and maybe at my advance age I should finally give them up and grow up.
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He's a frustrated hippy with a secret masochistic hard-on for Maggie.
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There's nothing wrong with the occasionally review for a little perspective, but it should be on a minor title. It's lazy and gimmicky to have him as a mainstay on a major one, and it was fucking lazy to read. I thought it was one of the proper reviewers writing in character to begin with, but I now discover it's an actual child.
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About how poets muddy their waters to make them look deep.
To me that best describes Moore. Conflicting ideas and viewpoints just to obscure the fact he really doesn't want to take a stance or make a real statement. People like to say his stuff is "complex", but really it is just cluttered. -
Jun 04, 2009 4:33:27 AM CDT
I just realized I should have known Xiphos was pulling my leg
by continentalop
I thought Xiphos sounded familiar: it is an ancient sword that Greeks used to use.
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Jun 04, 2009 4:41:01 AM CDT
"Alice in Wonderland, Dorothy from Oz, and Wendy from Peter Pan
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
When, where, what, how and who?
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Nietzche may have been a horrid old fascist, but he was spot on there.
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he's a serving marine and a font of knowledge on stuff like this. Droid, the book is called Lost Girls and is, frankly, kiddie porn dresed up as "art". Avoid.
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Lovefilm are sending The Spirit. Arseberries.
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He said he was a hippie, and I like an idiot believed him.
Hell, now that I know he is a serving marine i feel even stupider. I was trying to not make him feel bad because he said he isn't much of a fighter.
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Sounds like a load of shit. The Spirit - Gang raping your brain, June 2009! hehehe That flick is beyond shit.
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That is 15-20 minutes more than I wish to have seen.
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The man never really was a fascist or an anti-semite. It was his bitch sister who pushed they view that he hated jews. Nietzsche actually believed in inter-breeding and not sticking with national identities.
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Hehehehehe, sorry I couldn't resist hazing the FNG. I can't get away with the hippie thing much anymore. Ah the "good" old days of Army Infantry OSUT at Ft Benning. A more horrid place I can't think of and one I spent WAY to much time at back in the day.
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The little girl plays the Nocturne in Fmin Op. 55. It's repeated several times in the movie.
Sublime melancholy from a genius.
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From 1993-1996. I should have listened to my dad and never enlisted.
So you just did that for S&G? And are you a jarhead these days? Man, if that is the case I really was going to make an ass of myself because i was going to bring up a point about the Apache - how they, the Spartans and the Zulu are used to help define the esprit de corp. Glad I didn't mention that, I would have looked like a complete asshole. -
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Thanks for the tip-off, Jarv.
Psynapse and Joenathon - 11-year-old Professors of Comix - mano a mano.
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a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Luckily I caught Lovefilm before it was issued and they're sending me Swamp Thing instead
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Damn insomnia keeps we up to late. Fucking up my sleep schedule. Anyone know a cure for it?
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with oooga-boooga fake voodoo speak. Except I think Bug would probably ban me for it.
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Alcohol and a sport you aren't familiar with. Seriously, for me, it was watching Baseball late at night. Within 20 minutes I'd be asleep.
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you comic book nerds are a most credulous lot.
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I was profoundly encouraged to enlist by a Juvinille Court judge of Maricopa County Az. This was back in the late 80's before all that mandatory sentencing hoo haw they have now.
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Boring as batshit to watch. Pretty enjoyable to play though.
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we weren't raised with it.
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Watched this last night. It was okay. I liked the character designs of the mice and rats, but the humans were a little odd looking. Enjoyable, if not exactly memorable.
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or any vesion of footy actually puts me to sleep, even when I play it I almost fall asleep from boardom.Yes I am an asshole, it's a gift really, but one I work at to hone to perfection.
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Jun 04, 2009 5:47:26 AM CDT
I wasn't raised with American Football either
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
I love watching that. It's one of my favorite sports.
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commercial breaks for 45 minutes.
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apart from Basketball, which I hate. So it doesn't work for me any more. I usually try and find some horrid crap on one of the BBC channels and that does the trick. Now with Big Brother starting tonight (booooooo), that'll work as well.
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There are a few, mostly pitchers I think, in Major Leauge Baseball. If I'm remembering correctly I think JPT Mets had one on thier roster briefly.
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what the fuck? Why? Short Circuit isn't a sacred cow, but it's hardly a franchise name either. It's almost like they're mining anything they can think of. Try an original idea, fuckheads.
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Even though I don't understand it but I love listening to the announcers. It's like I've had a stoke and I can't quite grasp English anymore.
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Jun 04, 2009 5:56:45 AM CDT
There are a few Aussies infiltrating american sports
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
There are a couple in american football. Ben Graham was the punter for the Cardinals in last years superbowl. We've always had a few basketballers in the NBA. A couple of random baseballers. But those sports, especially AF and Baseball are not played very much.
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Wasn't it called Wall E? Nyuck Nyuck Nyuck. Cue Wall E argument number 12,523,637
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Jun 04, 2009 5:59:40 AM CDT
Only remake Short Circuit if you bring back The Gutt
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Seriously, that shit does not need to be remade. They'll be remaking The Goonies and Explorers soon.
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No arguments necessary.
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no place for an argument here. The Gutt is a cunt and currently trying to get 3 Men and A Bride off the ground. If this happens I will personally geld the son of a bitch with a rusty spoon.
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Still is the punter they just signed him to an extension I believe.Most Aussies seem to be in Basketball not surprising since basketball has gone global.
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hopefully it won't be fucking horrid again.
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but the mention of Wall E or Slave Labor Hulk vs Surrender Hulk tends to inflame small brush fires around this joint. Brush fires are fun.
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I hope The Gutt gets this made just so I can experience a full Jarv meltdown. hehehe
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not that I care in the slightest. Not when the Lions just thrashed one of the SA sides 74-10.
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Jun 04, 2009 6:15:33 AM CDT
Slave Labor Hulk vs Surrender Monkey Hulk
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
That arguments well and truely done to death. We never see eye to eye on it and always agree to disagree. Time to move on from that one.
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because he then wants to do Police Academy remake. Does the world really need that?
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when Surrender Hulk is clearly better.
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Jun 04, 2009 6:22:20 AM CDT
Clearly better if you're mentally challenged...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
and like things that blow up real good.
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which is clearly better if your terminally pretentious and think that Hulk should look like a constipated Chinaman.
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Jun 04, 2009 6:26:45 AM CDT
What about a Shakes the Clown remake!?!?!
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
But who could fill Bobcats shoes?
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so I'm skipping it. I just thought I'd share that with you. Off for a smoke now.
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This is the definiton of epic fail.http://tinyurl.com/pmnvdqWhat a douchebag, I mean really what an epic asswipe.
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A fire is lit.
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Jun 04, 2009 6:31:17 AM CDT
Better to look like a "constipated Chinaman" than...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
an 8 foot blob of phlegm.
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chubby oriental that didn't eat his fibre. That's a great use of him. This is pointless as there is only one good adaptation of the Hulk and it has Ferrigno, Bixby and THOR in it. Everything else is second rate.
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Jun 04, 2009 6:36:52 AM CDT
I already said that it's redundant
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
But you can't help yourself!
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Jun 04, 2009 6:41:18 AM CDT
Hearing good things about The Hangover
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Getting me interested.
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and to find something for lunch.
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that they both fuck up in trying to explain it- Fried Rice Hulk has some bullshit with starfish DNA and daddy issues, whereas Escargot Hulk has him trying to cure his heart rate and other such crap. Woeful.
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haven't said it for a few days.
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What a dickhead.
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I agree I'm somewhat interested in seeing it. The problem? I've been so burnt by comedies the last few years that I'm rather leery about getting my hopes up about The Hangover.On the other hand it does have Mike Tyson singing Phil Collins that's just demeted enough to get my attention.
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he's nuts. I wonder if he believes in Magick.
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Jun 04, 2009 7:36:18 AM CDT
Some sort of alcohol related incident
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
He's being sent home and his contract yanked.
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That got me too, unfortunately comedy is right in the toilet at the moment.
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Bloody alky poms.
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he really was in the last chance saloon as well.
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Really, what an absolute dickhead.
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because if he did that would be his Aussie colours shining through.
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alcoholic incidents.
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Jun 04, 2009 7:49:54 AM CDT
My guess is he just got shitfaced...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
and mouthed off like a fucking twat. Which would be the english in him.
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that would be unheard of.
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Jun 04, 2009 7:54:21 AM CDT
Yeah, that's not the pot calling the kettle black...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
coming from the country that willingly allowed fat alky Freddie to ascend to captain of the national team.
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BEWARE! I am lurking!
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Didn't you start the hypocrisy? I seem to think so. Anyway, we've got a long tradition of overpromoting arseholes and then ignominiously demoting them again. Tradition- that's something your pitiful prison wouldn't understand. Hence your massive national inadaquecy and secret craving to still be English.
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I've only had an apple for lunch. Where's the bacon slicer?
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Jun 04, 2009 8:13:32 AM CDT
"secret craving to still be English"
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
hehehe Because you've lost your national identity by allowing your country to be overrun with foreigners, all the anglo's do now is rub one out while they wax lyrical over their history and tradition. Apart from the odd tourist trap or an irrelevant monarchy, there is no "tradition" left. Which just leaves a race of ugly alko's with nothing better to do than get into drunken fistfights and impregnate their teenage girlfriend.
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Jun 04, 2009 8:15:32 AM CDT
How did i start the hypocrisy?
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Pray tell?
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an Aussie, the country that gave the world David 54 Tinnies Boon slandering us.
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Not some sad cunt sitting in a dingy pub drinking warm piss until he can't string a sentence together. Small difference.
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"open and obvious craving to be English". That inferiority complex is a bitch, isn't it? You're kind of like the skinhead homophobe that goes out gay bashing, but at home his wife wonders why he never comes near her in bed.
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Jun 04, 2009 8:32:09 AM CDT
"Not some sad cunt sitting in a dingy pub drinking warm piss unt
by lost jarv
That's your fault for living in the East End and working in Canary Wharf. If I'd been party to crashing the global economy I'd be drinking myself into a coma out of guilt as well.
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again yesterday? hehehehehehe
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Jun 04, 2009 8:35:28 AM CDT
Sorry to break it to you, mate
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
No inferiority complex here. If anything, it's the opposite. Much prefer to be Australian than english, scottish, irish or any combination of the three. But if you want to hang your hat on something your inbred royals did hundreds of years ago, who am i to stop you. Whatever gets you through the day.
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Poor bastards.
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hehehehehehehe. That's why you keep going down this self validation route. Sad really, I suspect that a good shrink could have a field day in that single cell you aussies call a brain.
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It's just sad, they've now lost 2 tests, 2 one days and a 20/20 to England on the bounce. Not to mention they drew 4 tests in a row with us in the Caribbean, lost the one-days and the 20/20 there. They were meant to be in recovery.
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If you have ever seen that in the UK, Jarv.
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Never watched it, but I know what it is.
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amazing. Mark Lester, the man responsible for such awesomeness as Commando, Class of 1999, Showdown in Little Tokyo and Firestarter has made the fucktastically awesome sounding Pterodactyl. I have to see this....
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That's your modus operandi isn't it? Draw someone into an argument then fend off their comments with the "doth protest too much" bullshit response. You've done it before. I'm onto you, dirty bastard. Don't make me sic the GIANT PIG on you!
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has the awesome cast combo of Cameron Daddo (an aussie soap star from the early 90's) and Coolio! Genius.
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Found in a hotel room in Thailand. Damn shame.
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How great
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He's supposed to be this elite special forces type guy, but when he fires his machine gun wildly at the beast he screams "Get that fool!" like its some kid in his neighborhood that just stole his bike.Oh yeah-- and I can post at work suddenly. Hhhhmmmm...
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Danny can post at work!
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Jun 04, 2009 9:38:23 AM CDT
But I do warn......Pterodactyl is not THAT bad.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Its not good. But its in that sorta not bad enough to be 100% laughs territory. There were a few scenes they took seriously. For endless laughs I suggest 2005's Sasquatch Hunters.
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because I have a giant loaf of bread and seeing as I only had an apple at lunch I could easily eat the bastard.
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Jun 04, 2009 9:41:18 AM CDT
its such a different vibe here during the day....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...its odd. Much more welcoming place really. I think you English and Aussie folks are the backbone.
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Coolio's finest on screen moment is in Leprechaun. He's never been better.
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and it isn't really anything that you need the anonymous protection of the internet to do. It's always the same around about Ashes time.
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it sounds like it. And welcome back during work Danny.
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Its all no-names. And its fucking hilarious. There are a couple scenes of a horribly CG'd Sasquatch charging straight at the camera. Fuck. I had to watch that shot 10 times.
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Jun 04, 2009 9:55:21 AM CDT
Personally, I'm just happy to have people to...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
talk rubbish to. It gets me through the day. And the Pom/Aussie bashing is an Ashes tradition.
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mostly Kiwis though. One of them the other day quoted something the Kiwi Prime Minister said about those Kiwis emigrating to Australia- "Any kiwi dumb enough to do that is raising the average IQ of both countries"
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http://tinyurl.com/q3augnhttp://tinyurl.com/ryxyd2
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No one has the balls to talk shit because they will find you and bite your fucking face off.
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Jun 04, 2009 10:00:03 AM CDT
Yes, because New Zealand is a fucking paradise
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
It's a shithole, granted with areas of amazing beauty, but the country as a whole is fucked. Shows you how fucking stupid their PM is. Queensland is fucking teeming with Kiwis. Same for Perth and Saffas.
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Jun 04, 2009 10:04:26 AM CDT
Australia and New Zealand look far more interesting...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....it visit than England. Though Ireland has always looked more appealing than England as well. I don't know why.Maybe because the image of England just being metro cities. I know thats not true.....but thats the image you get, ya know?
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Jun 04, 2009 10:04:39 AM CDT
You might reconsider your fear of GIANT PIG
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Because if he is slain, you will encounter a much larger, much angrier GIANT PIG in the inevitable sequel.
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I'm also man enough to know that my bi-yearly humilation is coming up. 2-1 to the Aussies. This sucks. Whatever happened to the class of 2005. Strauss: Great Form Trescothick: Retired because he's mentalVaughan: retired because he's been too injured. KP: Still awesome Bell: Dropped for being shit Freddie: Fat alky. Injured all the time. Forgotten how to bat Jones: Dropped for being shit Giles: Retired Injured Hoggard: Unfairly dropped. Harmison: Dropped for losing form S Jones: Injured.That's a fucking shame.
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Jun 04, 2009 10:09:37 AM CDT
I wonder if they chop up the remains of Farley and Candy.......
by dannyglovers_dickblood
........to quell the hunger of GIANT PIG.
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that would be stupid. They're fucking huge angry bastards. England, Danny, varies hugely even within its cities. London is a great example of this- it is actually a series of villages loosely connected and most people tend to stay within their locale (outside of work). I very rarely leave NW1, and I bet Droid (because he's an aussie and this is where all the fuckers live- sort of a ghetto) rarely leaves Fulham.
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Lunch = Belushi and Brando Dinner = YOU!!! mwah ha ha ha ha
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I live in Battersea. But I used to live for many years in Fulham. It's true. But the eurotrash are taking over Fulham now and forcing us south.
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Maybe the shame or working with Tarantino finally got to him. IT SHOULDA' BEEN YOU QUENTIN!
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Jun 04, 2009 10:17:57 AM CDT
And that's also true about rarely leaving the area
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
It's virtually impossible to get me out of SW11 and it's immediate surroundings on a weekend.
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Is there a specific place of origin for these people?
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(who I suspect is in the sequel to GIANT PIG. Possibly as mother of GIANT PIG) and the GIANT PIG.
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Jun 04, 2009 10:28:22 AM CDT
EUROTRASH is all encompassing (europe obviously)
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Anywhere that english is a second language and the individuals have funny accents. We poor antipodeans are an oppressed minority!
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Jun 04, 2009 10:29:58 AM CDT
I know. But is there a predominate group amongst them?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I hear they listen to a lot of techno music....correct?
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Jun 04, 2009 10:31:19 AM CDT
The Bates is the hag that puts the remains of....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
John Candy, Chris Farley, John Belushi, and David Carradine into a meat grinder and hand feeds it to GIANT FUCKING PIG.
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produces a lot of Eurotrash
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We stayed at a very cool hip hotel in New York last year. In the reviews I read people were saying its a great place, yet flooded with 'Eurotrash.' And its funny....you barely hear anyone in the place speaking English. They are all speaking various European languages. There is trance/electronic/techno whatever the fuck blasting in the darkly lit hallways of the place. And at all times of day and night you hear them fucking like rabbits on all sides of you. You can walk down the hall passing 6 rooms, and guaranteed 4 of them will be echoing with fuck noise. Oh yeah....and the elevator (or lifts) are tiny and those people fucking smell like dogshit. Not like armpits. Literally like dogshit.
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is dreadful. Especially anything that masquerades as house and comes form eye-beez-ah (It's really big in the clubs).
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No argument here. Wait, am I too late for the 12 millionth debate on the subject?
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Shit fuck. http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/06/04/obit.david.carradine/index.html
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Jun 04, 2009 10:45:08 AM CDT
The Germans that visit our National Parks....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....are always lovely people. Very friendly and warm. And 80% of the time the mom is fucking hot.
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and will have been living on a diet of cocaine, vodka and pubic lice.
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Jun 04, 2009 10:47:32 AM CDT
Cannot fucking stand all that Trance shit
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Techno bullshit does my head in. Eurotrash do like to fuck though. God bless em.
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You think they're secretly trying to find a way to fire you?
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I got blown by a fucking hot german chick on the beach in barcelona a few years ago.
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I've lost count of the amount of times I've seen morbidly obese, physically repellent krauts asking which way "za market" is.I'm reading an article in the Guardian about how being fat is good.
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You guys have simply got to check out "Grizzly Rage". And though you might get so annoyed with how terrible it is and angered by its lapses in logic, you have to persevere, you have to sit through it all the way 'till the end. The last minute is solid gold and makes up for the entire terrible affair.
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It was AICN blocking my work IP when I logged in with multiple names one day. I had one of those White Vader names floating around I had both names open in different browsers. After that I could never got on at my office IP. I checked here-- it had nothing to do with my IT people. I haven't tried in weeks....but this morning I did and it worked. Quint had told me it would probably reset in a month or so.
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Jun 04, 2009 10:56:23 AM CDT
Well I tell you, when the world goes to shit, I'm moving to NZ
by d.vader
No one other than Australia seems to have something against that country. And in that case, I think its more of an annoyance.
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there is a good percentage of them, to be fair. Just none of them are tourists. I used to work next to an unfeasibly minging Lesbian german a few years back. My christ, she was a stereotype.
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...are the ones that end up visiting American National Parks by the truck load for some reason. Mainly Yosemite. But I've also seen them at the Grand Canyon and Sequoia.
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Its like that old Kids in the Hall sketch, "Flying Pig" and "Son of Flying Pig". "Wow, what a lineup. But hey! Look at me!" *flies in circles*
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Man this show is ridiculous. I wish they'd show the 90's remake I grew up with.
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Jun 04, 2009 11:01:28 AM CDT
the 90s Land of the Lost on Disney Channel....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....was very well done. I really enjoyed it. It had a Swiss Family Robinson feel.
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With Ed Burns...I caught the last maybe half of it last night. It was nothing special, but I laughed at the end of the movie considering what happens to Mr. Burns....
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of The Bates.
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For some reason I thought it was on something like ABC after PeeWee's Playhouse. Then again, Disney owns ABC. Dunno if they did back then, though. Good show. Had a hot cavewoman on it too, I seem to remember. And my memory had the dad looking like Patrick Duffy.
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Don't think I would want to either since the original has a special place in my heart. I haven't seen the original since I was a kid, but I wouldn't want to now either. Why ruin that good memory...
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It isn't even on the fucking tube for god's sake. I suspect he thinks North West London is a shithole as well.
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Just left me shaking my head saying "What. The. Fuck." I think I picked it up about the time Shannon Sosamyn and her friend went to the cell-phone guy and started stomping on their phones right in front of him. Terrible film (from what I've seen).
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Are you going to that American Werewolf in London thing, Droid?
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the thing about them is that they tend to be at extremes. They are either amazingly hot, or so feral that you'd try to set it up on a date with the GIANT PIG.
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Jun 04, 2009 11:11:07 AM CDT
Land of the Lost was on both ABC and Disney...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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The Teddy Bear knows all!
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I'm having great fun trolling this fat bastard thread. The article is written by a member of the Fat Acceptance Campaign (or whatever it calls itself). It's asking for trouble. I've just told them to stop encouraging the fatness as we're a small island and we'll run out of room.
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Jun 04, 2009 11:14:11 AM CDT
NW is a complete shithole full of freaks
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
I get dragged there on the rare occasion. I think I have something on that night, but am keen. It's the 26th? I'll have to check out if I'm busy. I think it's a mates going away and I'd have my head caved in if I missed it for American Werewolf.
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German chicks in Munich. As I think I've stated before, Rome has had a ton of hot chicks the couple of times I've been there.I'm quite lucky Mrs. Pillow didn't snap my neck.
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Especially anyone from Eastern Europe. Either insanely hot or disgusting moribund fat goths that cut themselves for kicks.
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Primrose Hill is very nice.
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I'm itching to go back.
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as in SW: "Yah dahhhhling, I'm off to the place in the countryside" All rugby shirt and blazer wearing tosspots with chin absent, presumed gone.
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bearing in mind the obscene amount of tossers, Aussies, and Americans living around me.
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and very rarely go there.
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Jun 04, 2009 11:27:42 AM CDT
I saw some dickhead in SW the other night..
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
sporting a fucking polo shirt, collar up! It's 2009 for fucks sake! What a cock. So, yeah. We have our fare share of punchables down my way.
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Collar up I mean. What wanker created that look.
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Jun 04, 2009 11:34:08 AM CDT
3 or 4 years ago it was fucking huge
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Ok. It was a trend. It passed. It's over now. The bloke who was sporting it the other night just singled himself out as the biggest fuckwit in the room. He became the butt of the joke.
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in all honesty, I think mine are a bit worse as they're trying to be deliberately trendy by not living in SW. The worst of the lot are those dickhead Investment Bank softball teams that come from Regent's Park and annoy me in my local every Thursday. Fucking wankers.
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Chinos, Timberlands, Rugby Shirt, Blazer. If not Rugby Shirt then Pink Ralph Lauren shirt. Twats. All of them
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Still see them out at bars every once in awhile, afraid to let go of the look and the past...
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have some nepotistic job in "property" either management or sales. Blatantly given to them by Daddy.
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why do they think it's acceptable to come into my local pub wearing shitey polo shirts with "Team Merril Lynch" or whatever on the back, smelling like a 3 week old tampon. None of the fuckers are capable of buying a round. They block up the bar talking in either horrid home-counties horsey accents or some dreadful transatlantic drawl (that they've picked up to disguise the fact that they're from Ohio), ordering individual glasses of water and not one of them is capable of buggering off outside to the tables without protection of the whole fucking herd. Fuckers.
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a week. Droid has to see them every day.
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Generally I thought it was accepted that you bring your brews to the field and drink there after the game.I know that's how it was done the few times I played.
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Or they work at the banks. Either way, every single one of them is involved in "business".
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isn't even an acceptable British Sport. Fuckers.
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,in place of a more appropriate word, that play on those teams: It's just as well you're all loaded, because I can't see anyone actually wanting to fuck you for aesthetic reasons. Even 10 pints down you'd still need 2 paper bags to go through with it.
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cathartic rage. I feel much better now.
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I think Dickblood Zero guy is Harry. Check out the Carradine Obit.
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There's no 2 ways about it. I hate AICN obits.
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Now all I really like is MMA.
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No way. Stylistically, it's all wrong.
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Harry actually enjoys Dickblood.
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Harry doesn't go in for that- especially not in an obit for someone he liked and admired. And he likes Danny.
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He likes when I stir shit up. But I think he would take Carradine jokes personally and freak out like that. His come-backs and tone are identical. There is more to it than this too. I've suspected this for awhile.
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fucking tacky nasty places that bring out the worst trolls. I think that's eggsalad
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he doesn't roll like that. He's inordinately egotistical and if he was going to slap you down, you'd have had the full black box treatment- just because he'd want to prove his big swinging dick "headgeek" credentials. He wouldn't show up in TB's as other people and troll. Not to mention that it doesn't scan like HarryMy money's on Eggsalad.
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I think. I remember when Harry brought up how he liked DGDB and that he made him laugh.
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He is a petty sonofabitch, but he'd have dropped the ban hammer on you with no explanation.
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"There are an estimated 200 to 300 superheroes worldwide..." In a story about people that dress up as superheroes and help the community.
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He's far too insane. And Egg Salad never had it out for me. I was one of the few that was cool with him. I don't think Egg Salad would focus on one individual. He directs destruction at a whole room. Not just one. Awhile ago I emailed Quint complaining about the impostors. He booted dannyglovers double underscore and another guy with a zero in GLOVERS. But he was unable to get rid of the Zero in BLOOD guy. He didn't know why.
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It's about time he got IP banned. on that note, see you tomorrow
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...I was one of the few defending his insanity on the Swaney TB and others.
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That guy's a certifiable lunatic. If it was him, there would have been SOME mention of Stargate.
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And when you say "help the community" what do you mean? I mean, do they fight crime or just help old ladies across the street?
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http://tinyurl.com/cucl2e
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How about most excellent ninja?
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http://tinyurl.com/pduzly And he took a "staggering" amount of them out with him.
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Because I was laughing too hard at the number of superheroes worldwide, but... They interviewed on unmasked superhero who helps the homeless, giving out food and raising awareness. As I was laughing, I heard them say something about the ones that try to fight crime and about how some states (I think this is what they said) have anti-vigilante laws (implying vigilantism is okay in some places?), and that the police say the best a superhero can do is to be a good reliable witness to a crime. There may be a video on cnn.com somewhere.
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Especially when I heard a friend from high school had married some prick who liked beating her when he got the chance. I had it all mapped out in my head how I'd find the guy and break his hands and fingers with a baseball bat. Yeah, that's pretty fucking dark. But I'd be lying if I said I never wished I could be a Batman character bringing punishment to those that deserve it.
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I don't know why, but every TB he mentions how I look delicious and wants to eat me. He did this in the GI JOE TB. He is like some weird, gay cannibal stalker.
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there was a TB a few weeks ago where everyone was saying Danny had been banned. Fucking HEADGEEK rolls in with his sweaty black box steaming like he heard the 'ding' on his microwave nachos and told everyone that if Danny had been banned, he should contact him and he'll get him back. Harry may come off as a moron sometimes, but he's smart enough to know Danny's a star, and that he stirs shit up and keeps the TB's interesting. Which means a higher hit count for his site.
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As I was telling Xiphos (before I realized he was pulling my leg about himself being a hippy) I tried for years to be a tough guy and stuff. And failed miserably.
I think the year I got thrown into jail and got slashed in a knife fight is what made me realize I was not cut out to be tough.
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But I still believe it is someone affiliated with the site. Maybe one of those pricks I never talk to like Merrick.....the Carradine OBIT is his TB, right? Hhhhmmmm.
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That pretty much sums it up. The actual cause of Carradines death is rumoured to be GIANT PIG related. Enraged by his wearing a polo with the collar up. GIANT PIG is vicious and bloodthirsty to ordinary humans, but unmerciful towards metrosexuals.
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To take down Carradine.
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And go help the community as the GIANT PIG!
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I like it.
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That's NSFW. But the picture is perfectly okay, Mr.V.
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With a different reporter. "It depends on the laws in your area, bc some do not allow citizen arrests" and vigilantism, etc. The one hero they interview (formerly "The Crimson Fist") says he'd rather be a Superman helping pple than a Batman punishing them. I'm leaning towards Bats.
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Jun 04, 2009 1:45:27 PM CDT
Yeah the pics are safe...just chicks with long tongues....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....they are fully clothed, which is disappointing.The 4th one down looks like a perfect candidate to tongue fuck my asshole as she does the reach around and strokes my shaft.
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On the main page (not the one I linked to- click the title on the page to get to it), the 4th one down is a pic of 2 chicks. Which one you mean, Danny?
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But I don't see the appeal of a girl with a long tongue. If I was a lesbian, yes, but I just need lips not a tongue. Unless they want to tongue my balls while she deep throats me.
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Holy fucking shit! That is my only response. I would rather see these guys in a movie though, than the Watchmen.
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That's like the perfect length.
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Jun 04, 2009 2:39:50 PM CDT
Vader, that's why it is always better to have more than one girl
by continentalop
Three preferably - I don't like dry balls.
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He's a pathetic loser with a big head, whose real identity has been forsaken so he can make jokes about rim jobs and butt sex with hookers without his wife getting mad at him.
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This is an internet forum. Nobody's causing any riots or praising any movies because of Danny. When has any of this bull shit affected our real lives outside of wasting a few minutes? Danny just does it more often than most of us because he's a loser with too much free time.
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Just the right amount of tounges...and other body parts.
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Or are you talking about Geordi La Forge?
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A Four-gy.
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Four+Orgy.
Didn't get much sleep last night and kind of distracted so I read it wrong.
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It was awesome. I knew a girl involved in a 3some or fourgy. I think I heard a strap-on was involved with that one.
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the origin is ours!
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...and moresome. But I think when you get to moresome you are just wasting your time. Like you really are gonna be able to get to all those holes and enjoy them?
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You're hilarious. You are on this site 10 times as much as I am now. You are such a fucking baby its hilarious. Grow up....really. (How much you wanna bet your little girlfriend shows up in 5 minutes to say mean things to me?!) Whoops. I ruined the surprise!
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http://www.spike.com/blog/top-seven-bear/81000
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Where is Leslie Nielson fighting a bear from DAY OF THE ANIMALS?
http://tinyurl.com/pnskue
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You yourself are a product of incest....you could probably add something to the conversation.
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I'm fine with it. Though it did also leave out Paul Rudd getting punched by one in Anchorman...
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Jeez mate, take a fucking chill pill.
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Jun 04, 2009 3:48:40 PM CDT
Holy shit, the T-Rex in Land of the Lost is eating a dinosaur...
by d.vader
And is holding a giant drumstick in his tiny hands, taking bites from it. This show is so unrealistic.
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Because you are such a big adult in this situation. Why don't you go be a "star" then you moron? Do you think you're intimidating or something? Breaking new ground perhaps? I am gonna go study for finals now so feel free to stay on here and continue to waste your life. You could even "talk shit" about my screen name while you're at it. Boohoo, I'm fucking wailing over here.You will never be anything but a screen name, an identity that isn't even your own, and that's pathetic. What's even more pathetic is the lengths you go to preserve this stupid identity you love so much.This site is a joke, these conversations are nothing but frustrated males making wishes, and you are nothing but a name.
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But that doesn't mean you should stop. It is very entertaining.
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Cause I wasn't lying about the 3some.
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I came here to Twitch TB to getaway from this shit. Now I feel like I got two housemates who fight all the time.
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I once was in a foursome, but if you added up the ranking of each of the girls you still probably wouldn't have gotten to 10.
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Jun 04, 2009 3:56:27 PM CDT
I've never really liked him. I just tolerated him.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
He's been a fucking whiner ever since he joined the group. But really our animosity for one another peaked after he cried and screamed in the Yoko TB for hours about how she didn't mention any of the bullshit he listens to therefore the article has no relevance. He came back in Twitch trying to get support and somehow Kings of Leon were brought up and I told him I thought that band was horrid shit and he freaked out and went off on me. Since then every time I post he magically appears and calls me out for something he disagrees with. Like my post earlier in the TB where I said Asians are portrayed as Noble and Spiritual in Western films, or a few weeks back when I said the term "GAY" shouldn't have anything to do with homosexuals anymore because I know a lot of people that casually use it to mean stupid or lame or whatever. He showed up there, whined and complained about how ignorant my world-view was, a few minutes later he gets his girlfriend to show up posting as MoFreeFreckles or whatever and cheer him on. Its like dealing with a fucking 15 year old in a chat room. Yeah-- my sense of humor is immature and I have fun saying sexual explicit shit, but fuck.....seriously grow a pair of balls dude. You said you'd ignore me. So fucking ignore me. Don't make me your only reason for existing. If you wanna go that route-- than by all means make a new Dickblood impostor handle and follow me around like the rest of the jerk offs.
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Whoa buddy. Remember the enemy. Keep the focus on me now. Because tomorrow you'll show up acting like everything is cool with everyone else. We may just be names on a screen-- but I have respect for this group (all except you) and I would not throw around insults and wave my dick in the air screaming about how these people mean jack shit in my life. They actually do mean something to me....they have been the source of a lot of entertainment over the past year and I'm glad to have met them. Not everyone is gonna take your shit and act cool with you when you come back apologizing.
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That shit will make your tail go straight. GIANT PIG!!!
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And pretty fat, maybe even giant. So, yeah, I guess I fucked a giant pig. But never a GIANT PIG.
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Nothing is worse than blue balls.
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xylophone style or take turnsies?
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Jun 04, 2009 4:05:45 PM CDT
By the way I think it is pretty obvious who the DGDB inpostor is
by continentalop
Not going to name names, but just by coincidence he popped up at the Carradine TB and ripped into DGBD again for just being a name.
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Jun 04, 2009 4:07:04 PM CDT
To expand on my earlier BJ story...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
One reason why the smoking hot german broad will always have a special place in my heart is that when i blew, she just kept going. I didn't have a choice in the matter. She didn't stop until i blew again. Probably my favorite memory when I'm feeling down in the dumps.
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http://tinyurl.com/kua9gv
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And if you think I'm emotional, you're missing the fucking point. I don't have to be mad to type this out, just rational, and capable of realizing just how stupid this whole thing really is. It's not personal or anything. Have fun talking about threesomes and the same fifteen movies for the rest of your lives.And Danny, I have yet to apologize. I have no regrets about telling a screen name on the fucking internet how much of a moron he is. I know you'll never admit how worthless you are. Your ego won't allow it.I'm gonna go exist elsewhere now. I'm thinking somewhere outside with the sunshine and lots of real people.bye AICN. Thanks for the pointless news and the endless supply of assholes.
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Was when a guys wife blew me while he went out for cigarettes. The guy was an tool and was full of himself, so it felt doubly good.
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nobody is forcing you to stay here, right?
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Jun 04, 2009 4:11:24 PM CDT
Wow, did he have to post that just before I posted my BJ story?
by continentalop
Kind of makes me look shallow.
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Sure.
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Little known fact. Has an electric monitoring device.
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I'm also KungFu and Series7 and some others on here. Some of you think you've been conversing with 7 different people this past year. Reality it, it was just me. I'm everyone who's not you and isn't Australian or British or Welsh. Not really, but that'd blow your mind, wouldn't it.
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That would make me you, except you said I you wasn't you, but you meant me.
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Holy shit she's ah,.... tenacious. "You have no idea." Damn that chick didn't give up. Extremely commendable. You lucky bastard.
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Whaaaaaat? Could it be? Lets see if he goes away when Kung goes away.
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For spending too much time on here maybe? Or something horrible happened in his life? He sounds down in the dumps.
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Jun 04, 2009 4:17:46 PM CDT
Either that or the hipster used record shop....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...down the street closed down.
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Jun 04, 2009 4:18:25 PM CDT
If something bad happened in someone's life....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....why the fuck would they come here?
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Has zero calories but also has none of the taste.
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Enjoy the evening fellas. The 3 of you who aren't me.
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Maybe I am D. Vader...
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Re: "How on earth did you figure that out (Peacemaker music?"I'm not a classical music expert if that's what yer thinking! How it happened was, I bought the Peacemaker soundtrack before I'd seen the film, didn't get to watching that till a few years later. On doing so I clock the piano piece as played by the 'bad' guy and liked it - but it ain't on the soundtrack.Checked the credits and there were several pieces of music used other than original score. Utilising my superb ear for music I concluded it was most likely one of the 'Nocturnes.'Went to HMV classical section and demanded quite loudly "Choppin Nocturnes!" - cos it's a bit austere in the classical section and I just wanted to break the ice. The assistant kindly played the music and I indentified the one I thought it was.Nice music. Fuck knows what I did with the CD cos when I came to rip the Peacemaker score for meself with the idea of adding the Chopin piece to it, I couldn't find the ruddy disc!Well, you did ask...
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I mean, choppin' nocturnes...
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And it may not be as good as The Fellowship of the Ring, but damned if everytime the Rohirrim show up in front of Minas Tirith, and King Theoden gives that stirring speech after seeing the certain death he's about to charge into, I don't get all teary eyed and ready to charge into battle myself. This is one of the best scenes in the entire trilogy, honestly. Death! Deaaaaath! DEAAAAAAATTTHHHH!!!
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I'm on the verge of an epic druneknning here.
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What is the " HMV classical section"?
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Hell yeah "Ride! To Ruin and the WORLD'S ENDING!" FUCK'N AYE!
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They just showed one of my favorite shots in the film, that slo-mo wide shot pull-back from Aragorn's crowning, as he's reciting that old song that Elendil sang when he landed on Middle-Earth from Numenor, and the rose petals are falling from the sky as Gandalf and Gimli look on in the background. It feels magical.
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A red day! A sword day! Ere the sun rises! Ride! Ride now! Riiiiide! Ride for RUIN! And the WORLD'S ENDING! Fuck yeah, I'm with him.
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Chills everytime. And don't me started on "You bow to no one." Oh yeah, like a baby I am! Well, I can fight it, but it's hard.
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Chills everytime. And don't get me started on "You bow to no one." Or Gandalf, "Farewell." Oh yeah, like a baby I am! Well, I can fight it, but it's hard.
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Farewell! My brave hobbits. Here, at last on the shores of the sea, comes the end of our Fellowship. I won't say 'do not cry'. For not all tears are an evil. This movie came out my senior year of college and felt quite present, as I was sad I would not be seeing a lot of these people ever again.
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Surprised how much I actually liked it. I am probably only slightly less picky than Jarv, but I found this film to be pretty damn hilarious.
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Understood.
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I was excited til I saw the silly scene where the kids use the tazer and get the guy in the balls. WOW, DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING! Tell me it gets better.
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That is an ok scene, but not nearly the funniest thing in there. I am not saying it is a masterpiece or as funny as Bad Santa or School of Rock, but it is a very enjoyable comedy. I actually find it kind of touching too; kind of an ode to brotherhood and male bonding. You know, the shit that you go through with your friends that actually makes you closer.
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It seems too childish for him. He's too stiff to pull something like that, and I don't think he would get pleasure out of it. He enjoys going head to head.
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The Classical Music section of the popular music store known as (big fanfare) HMV!Oh, yeh... and "Ride for ruin and the world's ending..." Destroys me as well.Like. A. Bitch.
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What the fuck happened here?
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I blame it on GIANT PIG!!!!!
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and that's the whole get a life thing- I use this place to skive from work. I have a functioning social life with "actual" people outside. The reason it's fun to skive here, is that we can argue about films (and it isn't just the same 15- sure there are some that come up more than others, but that's a gross exaggeration) amongst a group of people with similar interests. There's a handful of assholes on AICN and a plethora of Trolls, but generally not in the Twitch TB. And Fu, you keep protesting that you're not offended, well that post lumping us all in together certainly comes across like that. If you've got a beef with Danny, fine, but keep it with him. Don't smear all of us with the same brush. That's out of order. Me, my virtual self gets on fine with both of you, but I'd rather be kept out of any personal beef that you've got.
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than docP. That totally isn't his style. Can GIANT PIG trotters type though?
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And you know it too. It is obvious it is fu. It really isn't that much of a mystery, considering that fu yells at you for being an attention whore and fake DICKBL00D calls you an attention whore too.
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It's got Braffed stylings. What's up with Fu? I'd rather it wasn't him.
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Fu knows that it was AnimalStructure that did the "To Smell a Man" bit not MorbidObesity.
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one with one 0 one with 00. For the love of god.
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A few of the post were actually sort of funny.
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I like both Danny and Fu - in fact, I normally like Fu more than Danny (we have more in common to talk about) - but this was really bad form. And I hate to be an armchair shrink, but I think it is simple jealousy. Danny gets all the attention and Fu gets none.
And I know that seems ridiculous, but if you think about it everyone here posts to get noticed and have somebody reply or comment on your comments. Unfortunately for Fu, Danny probably gets the most attention and sucks the air out of the room. I don't blame Danny - his shit is so whacky funny and off the wall it obviously will garner attention - but I think for guys like Fu and others who aren't or can't be funny it gets annoying that no one pays attention to them. And like I said, it kind of sucks that Fu went nuts because I liked his post and bouncing back and forth off of him
That is my two cents anyways.
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is Braffed. For sure. It's his stylings all over- especially the 300 reference. DICKBL00D could be anyone.
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eh? I thought it was resentment boiling over from when Danny was rude about Fu's girlfriend.
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He was there. That's why I don't think it's him. Danny has offended so many people, it could be any one of them
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But I just looked and it was the real DGDB who said that MorbidObesity said it, not the fake DGDB.
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That is reference you are talking about, right? And that is the real DGDB right?
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I don't want to keep pouring salt on anyones wounds or cause bad blood.
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Strongly recommend it. I might have to make a trip to Vegas soon because of it.
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Just look at the TB's he's involved in. Every third post by talkbakers is addressing him. Now does that make him a star for worthy reasons? Maybe, maybe not. That's beside the point. The simple fact that he draws people into conversation by his (sometimes) ridiculous and offensive comments actually makes him a valued commodity around these parts. He's good value. Personally, I have never had a problem with him. Once you get past the crass comments and his bizarre taste he's a decent bloke. Fu, on the other hand, I don't think I've ever had an actual conversation with. He seems to float on an imagined higher plane where he looks down his nose at those who don't consider funny books to be high art or agree with his taste in music. Maybe it's just that he's a younger guy (most of us are 30-ish i believe) and still has that tunnel vision where any affront to his passion is an affront to him personally. Who the fuck knows? What is fact, as Jarv has pointed out, is that it's fucking out of line to smear the group with the same brush. If you've got a problem with Danny, it's with him. Not anyone else. Go fuck youself if you're going to behave like a petulant child. Rant over! Good morning chaps! GIANT PIG!!!
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It was BraneRobot aka AnimalStructure aka RowdyRoddyStripper aka Thunderballs. Actually, now I think about it, it may well be loathsome fascist morbid,
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I wonder why anyone could be offended by something on here. As Fu points out, it's anonymous. GIANT PIG!
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The "To smell the man" story in a nutshell is this. There is this Deranged TB who went by the Name AnimalStructure, ThunderBalls, RowdeyRoddyStripper and a bunch of others. He had a real hard on for Moriartiey.About a year year and half ago he had a major meltdown and had probably the second creepiest moment to ever occure in a TB. AnimalStructure claimed to have worked at a studio and had dealings with mori at events like screening. He claimed mori was fat, slovely and smelled. The exact quote, which of course took on a life of its own was "To smell the man is to know the man"That's it that's the story.
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I think I am going to make that my family motto. Wonder what that would be in latin...
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Jun 05, 2009 3:43:33 AM CDT
My last day at work before a weeks holiday
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
I'm positively chuffed!
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Petulant child syndrome. It affilcts most suburban kids.
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A bit thanks to catholic school
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Does this look right Xiphos?
"Fragro VIR EST Scio VIR"
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Jun 05, 2009 3:55:11 AM CDT
Eastwoods made a Mandela flick?
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Starring Freeman and Damon? How did that slip under my radar?
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I think the tense is wrong maybe. How it's wrong I'm not sure.
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it's not just a Mandela flick. It's about the Rugby world cup and Damon is allegedly going to play Francois Piennaar. *deep breath*HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA My query is, where are they going to find 22 Samoan midgets to play the all blacks.
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any more lest we get labelled as "fatphobic". I love the Guardian- that's the dumbest thing I've heard in ages.
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Jun 05, 2009 4:11:12 AM CDT
Well label me "fatphobic" then
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Because making fun of fatties is what I do.
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my latin is very rusty.
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And sympathize with them - it sucks to be overweight and obese.
HOWEVER, this entire "fat is beautiful" and the idea that we emphasize thinness to much is BS. Sorry people, but you are not healthy - you are fat! That is the opposite of healthy. And maybe if people look down upon you a little for being fat you'll find the incentive for getting thin - just like how people who get looked down upon for sounding dumb might improve their vocabulary. -
Jun 05, 2009 4:13:32 AM CDT
"where are they going to find 22 Samoan midgets to play the all
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
They only need to find one, then they'll cgi them like the oompa loompas in Burtons Wonka.
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I'm definitely not one of those people that demand everyone to be bone thin. That's just as bad IMO. Just fit and healthy looking. Being fat is unforgivable (when you can do something about it). You love food? Great. Just don't love it 24 hours a day. Eat better. Do some exercise. It's not difficult.
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I agree with Irvine Welsh, it's a sign of lack of self discipline, lack of consideration for others, and lets face it mild retardation.
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Or female. At 5'11" a midget Samoan is still like six inches taller then Matt Damon. Although his giant mellon does act as an equalizer.
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Whenever I travel back to the midwest where I am originally from I look very good for my age - a lot of people complement me for staying good shape (of course the midwest is only second to the South for fat lard-asses and shitty diets).
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Take a walk mix in a salad or two cut back on the pop and sweets pretty soon you're not that fat anymore. Fat=Lazy.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/04/parents-love-fat-children I agree with you, there's really no excuse for it.
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but I'm lucky in that I lead an active life and get over the government recommended exercise every day through sheer coincidence.
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LA is POW camp that imprisons the top 1% of the worlds beautiful people so the scenery is sort of skewed towards amazing.
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Although I do suck, it has to be said. Fat bastards. Why isn't there a tax on fat food like there is on smokes?
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Jun 05, 2009 4:38:55 AM CDT
I can accept that some people are...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
more susceptible to weight gain than others (i luckily am not), but that just means you should be more aware of what you should be eating. Anyway, for the most part, eating healthy tastes a lot better than eating fast food shit. I've eaten McDonalds about five times in the past ten years. It's not hard to avoid shit like that, but it's also very easy to just grab a 'meal' from there.
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for a tiny (1% of all fatties) being a disgusting bucket of guts isn't their fault. And I feel sorry for them. I'm looking at a woman opposite me who is the size of king kong and she's eating a chocolate bar. However, at lunch time she'll get a salad and say "I just can't lose weight and I barely eat anything". Fat cunt. There's no fucking excuse for grazing cows like her.
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I enjoy it and don't really get the chance an active lifestyle other than cricket in the summer. I have a tennis court across the street which i need to start using more. Although I would suck now, as I haven't played in years.
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Hahaha. Have to agree with that Xiphos. The good news is that even an ugly bastard like me can get a good-looking woman - maybe not a super-model or Maxim model, but still someone pretty good looking.
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I have a very sedentary job and my hobbies are reading and watching movies, so I am on my ass a lot. I like the gym because it maximizes my time - I can take a boxing class or hit the treadmill for an hour or see my trainer (guy charges me and my brother only $10 together to train us because he is a friend) and burn a shit load of calories in one hour. Plus I am one of those guys who can gain weight fast. I once weighed 285lbs before I got pissed at myself and joined a gym. But that was years ago.
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Jun 05, 2009 4:46:27 AM CDT
Jarv, I read half of that story...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
and stopped. Fucking disgraceful apologist bullshit.
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and I got banned for my comment about "for god's sake don't encourage them, this is a small island and we'll run out of room". The fat slag is from Florida, and you have to see her article history- all of them are apologist fluff-pieces.
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I've weighed between 80-85kgs pretty much since high school. I'm 6'2". When I don't exercise, i don't put on weight, i just feel unhealthy. I'm the same as you Conti. Sit at a desk all day. Need the gym to get me active.
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I've pulled better tail there then LA with a lot less effort. It helps that it's a Navy/Marine Corps town.
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Genius.
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That is officially lard ass. I am also 6'2' and weigh 225llbs right now and I am about 10lbs heavier than I should be. I plan to be 215-210lbs by the end of summer. That is my normal weight.
Big thing I got to get back into is martial arts. Used to do Krav Maga. Not be some tough guy (Xiphos already knows I am a pussy) but for the fantasy thing of working out but imagining that you are actually some action star.
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give or take a bit. I'm 6 4 and have weighed between 12 and 13 stone (give or take) for about 13 years now.
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And LA has some sort of problem with military people, especially the grunts.
The problem here is everyone is class and social status conscious and I think they just assume that these guys aren't career motivated like the people out here. Plus the club scene here is real expensive and its not like the guys on leave have got an expensive wardrobe and can fit in. But I have seen some jarheads come in and pick up real hot chicks at the dive bars and pubs. The problem is that those places are off the big hot spot destinations so these guys normally never go there.
Any Marine who wants to get laid, go to the Coach and Horse on Sunset Blvd. It isn't on the strip so you don't get stuck up girls and there is some decent tail there once in awhile. -
A stone is 14lbs right. Or 6.35 kg, right? So that makes you about 82.5kg, or 185lbs.
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It drives Mrs. Jarv mad, because she's small and latina and I do a fraction of the exercise and stay roughly the same weight and build. I'm in Spain for 3 weeks this summer and have a load of outside manual labour to do, so I'll come back nearer the 13stone mark but I'll be stronger. I gain and lose muscle easily, but not fat- it's a metabolism thing apparently.
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The metabolism thing.
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If you want to lose weight through a Martial art take up Kendo or Western Fencing. I guran-damn-tee you that you will lose weight like you have a tape worm.
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I have a Japanese friend out here who used to do Kendo in school (I guess it is like being on the tennis team) and they have schools down in Little Tokyo that do it. That and Iaidö. I always wanted to try it.
What I really got to do is stop missing boxing classes. You don't spar, but an hour of jumping rope and hitting the bags sure burns a shit load of calories.
Of course I am not really fat. I wear size 32 jeans normally , I just am a naturally wide shouldered guy. But man, I would love to get down to like under 10% body fat once in my post 23-year life and get a semblance of a six pack. -
Not surprising that a guy named after a sword would take up sword fighting. Do you do Iaidö as well?
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I suppose if I sat on my arse and drank 20 pints of guinness a day and ate nothing but hunks of lard then I would put on fat. But I eat moderately and don't drink every day and my metabolism seems to cope.
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Jun 05, 2009 5:42:24 AM CDT
I am officially in holiday mode
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Which is a bit of a problem since I've still got loads of work to do this afternoon.
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I was never that intersted in the tradtional sport aspect of Kendo.
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what you mean you occasionally work?
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The job I had lined up fell through. Now i got to scramble to find work for the summer.
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What do you think of my list up above of greatest sword fights? And what would your list be?
If you answer, I 'll have to read it tomorrow. I think I better force myself to go to bed.
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I work quite a bit thank you very much. Unlike the perpetual loafer in NW1.
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Have a good one.
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anyway, I help to make the world a slightly better place, whereas you work to collapse the remainder of capitalism. So you loafing is probably a good thing.
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and I'm not joking. This fucks me off.
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whereupon I'm going to buy a shit load of petrol and burn Westminster down. Alan Fucking Sugar. Which cunt voted for him? Oh, that's right- nobody. Brown is such a cunt.
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and her waking up at 2:30am...I watched the first hour and a half of, and last hour of, Dune. When I first saw it as a kid, I was like "what the hell is this?"Now, however, I was quite excited to watch it. I will say that those "action" scenes are horrid.
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Nothing about it interests me. And I've heard its a disaster.
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patchy. The book is itself far too epic to put into one film.
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or a trilogy type.It's the type of disaster that I like watching though, so even though I'm beat (my other daughter decided to wake up at 4am and crawl into our bed), I just couldn't go to bed when there was a mere twenty minutes left.
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FUCKING PIRATES? I DON'T CARE IF THE LINE-UP CONSISTS OF SOME ESCAPED MENTAL PATIENTS, YOU DON'T GET FUCKING SWEPT BY THE PIRATES!
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Lord alone knows how you could possibly do the whole Dune saga- not to mention that a lot of it is dull as hell. It's denser than Lord of the Rings- and you can't cut the bad poetry like you can with LOTR. Jarv's golden rule for enjoying reading LOTR: every time you see verse, turn the page.
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Do I need to remind you meatbags that I'm a GIANT FUCKING PIG!?!?! Cower in my presence puny humans!
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Jun 05, 2009 8:43:32 AM CDT
There is only one reason for a remake
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
To feature a GIANT PIG! Who is that guy anyway? Did we figure it out?
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even? which one of you dirtbags is the Giant Pig? Droid?
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It may not even be one of us.
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England should win this one.
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Jun 05, 2009 8:53:05 AM CDT
They're playing Holland for fucks sake
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Of course they should win
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Stupid Guardian. got me all excited then In other news, The fucking Fascists won a seat in the North. Fucking useless peasants.
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Which I thought was a bit of a funny time. I suppose people will head to the pub at 5 to watch it.
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Jun 05, 2009 9:03:57 AM CDT
Jarv, whats your next schlock vault review?
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Something I may have seen perchance?
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there's a good chance it will be rained off.
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Jun 05, 2009 9:09:22 AM CDT
Afternoon, fans of cricket and giant fucking pigs
by franklin t marmoset
How's it going?
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Sorry, I mean to say Terminator Salvation, the film with a giant Transformerminator that shoots motorbikes out its legs.It was shit.
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Which was not shit at all. In fact, I liked it very much. People expecting Evil Dead II will be disappointed, but it's a very entertaining film.It was nice, actually, to be reminded that there are still people in the world capable of making pure entertainment without being utterly retarded, insulting to the audience, or incapable of creating any likable characters.Also, I would very like my own Alison Lohman, which I will keep in my pocket and take out whenever I need cheering up.
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T4 was shit, eh? It was the lighting wasn't it. Fuck that guy, man. He was always trashing Christians scene!
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I'm miles behind with it. I may have to send it to Mavra tomorrow, if I don't get it done today.
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and to look for somewhere i can get pounds converted to kuna.
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It wasn't the lighting, it was the script (and also possibly McG). The only character who's even remotely fleshed out is Marcus, everyone else barely qualifies as one-dimensional. Bale is awful as John Connor, although to be fair there's hardly a part there for him to play. And there story falls to pieces toward the end. It's the worst plan anyone has ever concocted. I thought machines were supposed to all brainy and whatnot.I should have avoided that one.
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at all. And I've been a bit pretentious.
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Was I mistaken? I thought it was him. I was actually in that Flop Sweat Scented TB the day he went off on Mori and said he's stood side by side with him on several occasions and he has no idea who he is. Creepy shit.
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Jun 05, 2009 9:33:32 AM CDT
Thats interesting you thought Marcus was fleshed out.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I thought his character was pretty much bullshit and his performance sucked balls. Kyle was the strongest character for me in performance and writing.
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Turdmen> Meh trek> Wolverturd> Turd 4> Turdformers 2: Rise of the floater. Drag me to hell looks like being a highlight in an otherwise misreable load of shite. Still at least we've got "suralan" Sugar running the fucking country despite no cunt electing him, and him being an abject fucking failure in every business venture he's been in in the last 20 years apart from property. Marvellous.
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A guy named DAVID_CARRADINES_DEATH_SPUNK telling people to "Keep it classy," in Harry's Carradine Obit.
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And that's not meant to be too high a compliment. What I mean is he acheived the status of 'okay' in a film where everyone else was pretty much shit.
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But, that's an easy mistake to make- I confuse the 2. Morbid has never been banned, despite being an appaling Randian fascist.
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His influence is all over that new Terminator film. Flimsy, uninteresting characters, nonsensical story, boring action scenes. It's all Bay.Really, honestly, fuck that guy.
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Very enjoyable film. It contains what I believe is the best old woman vs young woman fight in a car with office supplies ever committed to film. Also, possibly the best use of a goat calling Alison Lohman a whore.
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And I never said jack shit to Kung's girlfriend. His animosity started with me when he was crying for hours about Yoko not posting any bands he likes. He name dropped Kings of Leon and I explained how much I despised them. Then he went off on me like I didn't know shit about music. From that point on-- he pops up nearly every time I post and goes on about how I'm a loser and my life is worthless and my wife hates me. Hhhhhmmmmmm.....Enough about him. Sorry I brought it up.
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Wiseman, McG, Ratner, Emmerich, They all do the same stuff
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Jun 05, 2009 9:49:09 AM CDT
All I know is its unbelievable the work Worthington is booking..
by dannyglovers_dickblood
.....he is a horrible fucking actor with a generic look. Its amazing. And this isn't just like Shia hatred sort of thing. I don't like Shia, but I recognize he has the ability to act and he plays that squirrely douche bag effectively. But Worthington looks like he is reading off a fucking cue card. His accent is atrocious, and he shows about as much emotion as Carradine's decomposing cock. Like the scene where he is crying after Common blasts him. Did he know that was an actual take? Its like he's warming up and doing it at half speed. Fuck.
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I'd not paid attention.
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Jun 05, 2009 9:51:28 AM CDT
Jarv, you missed an opportunity
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
You called Star Trek Meh Trek, when you should have called it Star Turd or Turd Trek. That would've completed the turd theme. I'm disappointed in you.
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What a national nightmare.
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it's just nothing I care about. I nearly left it out of the list for that reason, but I thought that would be dishonest.
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There. I said it. He makes entertaining trash. I don't blame him for spawning pathetic immitators. I blame the pathetic immitators. Like that DJ Caruso bloke. He has NEVER made a flick that I've seen where I thought it wasn't aping someone else. Eagle Eye is a mind-bogglingly awful still-born clusterfuck starring Shia's ratty DiCaprio wannabe beard that tried to be a Michael Bay flick. And that serial killer one with Hawke and Jolie was just apeing Fincher. I actually hate that fucking guy more than McG.
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Fuck I am really not with it. My minds on holiday.
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I really liked Salton Sea when I first saw it in the theater-- and I thought he would be the next director I could really dig. Then he becomes something else. He became this slick wannabee soulless amniotic fluid receptacle that gave us Two For The Money!!! Yeeeeehah. And I believe Caruso and Wiseman are far far far worse than Bay will ever be. I do enjoy me some Bad Boys, The Island, and bits of most of his films.....well, except Transformers and Armageddon. Those two are absolute worthless shit. And Emmerich? He's not even in the same league as any of these douche bags. Emmerich is entertaining as fuck. And that guy knows how to party.
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I wasn't commenting on Worthington as an actor, just that the Marcus Wright character was the only one the writers bothered to give a little dimension to.John Connor is the biggest waste of space in the film - all he does he run about and shout and crash two helicopters. There's no character there at all, no sense of him as a human being. Same goes for Bryce Dallas Howard's character. I can't even remember her name.I'm not talking about this film anymore. It's making me all crotchety and whatnot.
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What I will say about him is, apart from Independence Day and Godzilla, I've never not enjoyed his flicks in some way. I love Stargate. Universal Soldier is great. Day After Tommorrow is ridiculous. The Patriot as well. And 10,000 BC is probably the most baffling experience I've had at the cinema in a long time. And although it was terrible, it's definitely so bad its good. So he is not to be pigeonholed with Ratner, McG, Caruso and Wiseman.
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....because of The Family Man. I just can't do it. I hate the individual......but not his entire body of work. Really there are only a few directors I can honestly say I absolutely hate everything about. Tarantino and Eli Roth are two of them.
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He makes shit, but he at least makes entertaining shit. Almost everything he does is stupid but in an enjoyably goofy way. I think Godzilla is the only film of his I haven't enjoyed.
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....like right now I fucking despise Zemeckis and all that he stands for. But I used to love the guy, so I can't say I totally hate him.
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I actually also don't hate many directors. Eli Roth, although I've never seen any of his flicks, I hate. I like Family man, Red Dragon was okay (nowhere near as good as Manhunter), Rush Hour I hated, but i didn't mind RH2. RH3 sucked even worse than the first one. And X Men 3 was okay. McG sucks. But I don't hate him. I fucking loathe Caruso though.
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QUICK POLL Who here calls soft drinks "soda" and who calls them "pop"?
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And am fine with the mocap stuff. I would like him to come back to live action for a few flicks at least. I'm still not sure why so many people are getting worked up over mocap.
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Soft drink
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But then everyone looks at me funny.I don't think anyone here in England says Soda. People mostly say Coke or Pepsi or Tango or whathaveyou.
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Fatphobic: It's a story in The Guardian by a fat bird that I was trolling yesterday. People on it (it is a bit "right on lefty") were calling others fatphobic, trying to make out that being rude to chubbies was bigotry
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its soulless, expensive, and looks like shit. It gets to that uncanny valley territory where if its so lifelike, and it just pretty much looks its trying to be live action, without actually being live action, yet just as expensive as live action-- then whats the fucking point?And anyone who doesn't have a problem with it yet complains about Rothman at Fox, should really think about what tools like that would mean for absolute power of studio heads. Certainly not now.....but imagine in 10-15 years.
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Man, whoever this announcer/host is for Video Armageddon, he could make a retirement home BINGO game exciting.
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But I'll stay say "I feel like having a soda." So Droid, you really say "I'll have a Large Soft Drink" ?
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Why not just make, I dunno, an actual fucking film. It's technophilia of the most irritating type.
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Its treating someone different than you....different.
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I'd say what I wanted "I'll have a coke". I've never in my life gone out for a Soft drink and think I never will.Or I'd make a choice between soft drink or alcohol
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"What kind of soft drink will i get?" But as a term, i have never called it pop or soda. To describe it, it's soft drink.
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Saw it on CNN yesterday. Not just a tax on fattening foods, but on all food and drink that leads to unhealthy lifestyles, alcohol included. The idea behind it is that it will help the nation save on healthcare costs and the tax (I think) would help fund some government healthcare programs. Or something.
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There was a big kerfluffle about that in one of the TBs around here last month. May have been the LOST one. Now there's a Talkbacker running around with the handle "IDrinkYourMexicanCoke".
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As is the increasing tax on on cigarettes. I just don't get why people think thats okay. Whether you smoke or not-- who the fuck is the government to pick and choose who will get penalized for partaking in an act that is not illegal? I just don't fucking get it. You want a legitimate tax? Put a 50% fucking tax on firearms.
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Fatness is offensive in itself- visually, olfactory and otherwise. Bigotry is being offensive over something that the person can't do anything about. 99% of fatties have self-inflicted lardness.
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I don't really like it. To me it tastes like those generic international colas they have at Mexican Markets.
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Since we're all being so open.
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....I could also say women that get bad haircuts are willingly offending me, therefore they deserve to be treated differently. If you really believe its okay to treat a fat person different, than that is an extremely fucked viewpoint.
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If my snout is taxed into the ground and I'm forced to go and stand in the rain for a fag to feed my entirely self inflicted habit, then chubby bastards should be equally punished. And it's totally fair that they should have to buy 2 seats for planes. Fat cunts. Actually, I agree, the Government has no business fucking around in what I do and don't put into my body- I've been saying for ages that smoking was always going to be the thin end of the wedge. You know Demolition Man? That's where we're headed.
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Jun 05, 2009 10:48:54 AM CDT
And you could argue the same thing with gays.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....and say you can treat them however you want and it doesn't make you a bigot, because after all-- they choose to be gay.
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I wouldn't ever go and actively abuse a fat cunt. That's just plain rude. Unlike how I've been treated by non-smokers who self-righteously stroll over and berate me for smoking. When I'm outside. Once even outside San Fransisco Airport- of all the stupidity. But by the same score, I'd like them to admit that for the vast majority of them it's self inflicted. I don't call people that think it's ok to come up and swear at me for smoking "tobaccophobic". I just take it on the chin and get on with my life. The very point of Bigotry is that it's foundless prejudice, usually in something that the victim didn't actively choose.
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I'm not unreconstructed- I'm also disinterested in what most people do, provided it doesn't have any impact on me- which is why I've no prejudices. However, I have been caught on a packed train squashed by an obese person, and a less pleasant hour I don't think I've ever had.
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But discussing it would go into spoiler territory.
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....you wouldn't be mean to a fattie. But what about a smoking fattie? Like Chris Farley chain-smoking on the corner next to an Elementary School. Would he deserve to be publicly berated?
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Rude cunt outside SFO. I blew smoke in her face, then pointed out the stupidity of walking 60 feet to complain that I was killing her standing outside an airport which is the carcinogenic equivalent of her ingesting 20 cigs in 10 minutes.
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Megan Fox has blown apart Hollywood's casting couch culture - insisting several leading film directors have tried to bed her since she found fame.
The Transformers beauty has attended a number meetings with top moviemakers to discuss potential roles.
But she was shocked when they made moves on her during the interviews - and immediately turned them down.
Fox, who refuses to name names, tells Britain's GQ magazine, "Any casting couch s**t I've experienced has been since I've become famous. It's really so heartbreaking. Some of these people! Like Hollywood legends.
"You think you're going to meet them and you're so excited, like, 'I can't believe this person wants to have a conversation with me,' and you get there and you realise that's not what they want, at all. It's happened a lot this year actually." -
In case mine isn't working.
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Oddly enough if that story is true, you would think Bay would be the one trying to bed his actors. But apparently not. So than it is true that the only thing that can get him off is an explosion on screen. Even better, an explosion on screen while he hangs in the closet.
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There's no way in fuck that she didn't suck someone's cock to get famous.
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Jun 05, 2009 11:30:16 AM CDT
Maybe she just stroked her little clit-dick....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....in front of Bay while he watched explosions on his big screen and choked himself. So technically she doesn't fuck or suck.
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Mainly bc I was trying to think of what "legends" she could be speaking about (arguably not Spielberg). Scorsese popped in my head, but I really don't think so. He doesn't seem the type. Tarantino I wouldn't be surprised, though. Oliver Stone too. I thought I read a rumor that James Cameron was one of them, though that could have been started by the anti-Cameron crowd around here.
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...I have no idea whether or not its true, but it just seems odd someone would make this up. Anyway, a girl thats a family friend of mine-- a few years back me and a group of friends were at her mom's house for a Christmas party. One of my friend's mom's friends (confusing?) is this gay dude that is completely open about being a man whore. He's this Latin guy that looks like a personal trainer. So......the mom was talking saying he has several known clients. We kept pressing and pressing and after a few hours and several drinks it came out "He's been with Marty for years." Uhhhhh who the fuck is Marty? Finally she spills it that its Scorsese. He sees him a few times a year. And apparently Marty's big thing is getting pissed on. Now I have no way to confirm this-- but why the fuck would someone make that up? And of all people why would you choose Scorsese to make it up about?
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Neither would Bay
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But it's such an odd lie. Who can tell in these confused times.
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...he's evolved into that classy old guy territory. But he used to look like a fucking creep.
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It was George Lucas.
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He doesn't give a fuck about the human form.
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I'd like him to explain how, if Australia is so fucking great, come there's a big fucking Ad in the corner of the screen begging people to come and live there.
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I don't think I'd buy it, but it is a weird lie. Unless the manwhore is being lied to by a little Scorsese look alike.
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She had to stuff a jar jar doll in her ass and then scream "fuck you Star Wars fans" in a mock jamaican patois while throttling him with his own gizzards. Dude's sick. It could well be Woody Allen.
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Scarlett has talked about the casting couch thing at length. She kinda did the same thing and called out creep directors trying to fuck their starlets and said it made her sick and all that. So I dunno. She doesn't seem like she would take anyone's shit-- so if Woody tried to get on her I have a feeling she would just slap the shit out of him and threaten to tell Soooooon Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
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Bc she likes him so much, she wouldn't see him as being such a creep.
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If you've read EASY RIDERS & RAGING BULLS you see how fucked up he is.
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Jun 05, 2009 12:12:17 PM CDT
Scarlett seems too independent New York womanish....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....for that. I really don't think she'd go for it.
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Why bring up a story like that if you are not going to bring up the name? I mean, it is like saying you know someone committed murder but you can't say his name - it just seems like an attention getting device. The kind of shit Rob Weiss used to do all the time.
Plus, she is hot. She probably has had thousands of guys try to pick her up, and some of them probably used crude methods. I doubt a director saying "Hey, I'm a director-let's fuck" would shock her sensibilities. -
and we all know that Ratner just wants to be fisted, so I doubt it's him.
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Scorsese
Considered one of the foremost directors of his generation, his work has sought to illuminate masculine aggression and sexual inequality, and he has frequently questioned traditional American values.
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Really.
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Thats why I applaud McG. He brought up the headbutt thing....teased the lips with a the head a little.....and then drops the fucking name. I agree. If you're not gonna drop a name why bring it up? If its true she is obviously afraid of retaliation. So whoever did it must have threatened her. Schrader is in no fucking position to threaten shit. Who really even remembers who the fuck he is anymore? -
Actually would find Woody Allen attractive. I know when I tell people that they think that no way a girl would find him sexy, but that is the surprising thing. The guy can probably be very attractive to women in person.
The nebbish thing is just an act, in person he is very confident and knows what the hell he is doing on set; He is witty and intelligent; he has been around hot women for years (think of all the actresses he has been around, and even picked up) so I doubt he is phased by them or get nervous around them; and the biggest thing he is highly respected in the film world and he garners Academy Awards for his actors and actresses - his movies have gotten some 8 nominations and 3 wins in the last decade, and all three wins and the majority of the nominations have gone to actresses. I can't help but imagine all those things might make someone seem very attractive.
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is Braffed for sure- read his last post.
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Just so she could fist him. So I'm sticking with: Woody Allen Brett Ratner Oliver Stone Todd Phillips David Fincher Simon West
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I think he would dig that. He would call it his "baptism."
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The only guy truly deserving of the title "Hollywood Legend."http://tinyurl.com/6x5vw4
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But she probably wouldn't be calling Ratner a legend. So I say T or S.
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The guy was once married to Sherry Lansing so he could threaten someone while he was with her. Plus he is a legend. And he is batshit nuts, as you know Danny - you interviewed him.
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I don't think so. Have you ever heard Julia Roberts talk about Woody? She said he is exactly the persona we know. He paces around and mumbles to himself and never looks you straight in the eye. In an interview she said he was mumbling "That was shit.....that was shit" while looking down and fumbling with his collar. He sounds like fucking Rain Man.
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I never want to sit in the same room as that son of a bitch again.
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complete cunt that he is. Or was this before your time?
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I'm outta here- I may pop in tomorrow, as I'm sending the review to Mavra. If not, see you monday
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Have you seen that doc on French Connection dvd where he talks about jumping behind the wheel of one of the stunt cars himself and looking over at the guy in the passenger seat, he says "You wanna see some real fuckin' driving?" No joke-- the way he says it in that recent interview creeps the fuck out of me. He comes off like an absolute scumbag with no regard for human life. It wouldn't surprise me to walk into my kitchen late at night to find him on the floor digging through my trash and mumbling about "Weak human garbage."
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Jun 05, 2009 12:44:53 PM CDT
Plus I think women "instigate" the casting couch a lot
by continentalop
Now I am not saying it doesn't exist, but it exist in all jobs. I know female editors and assistant editors who tell me they have had directors, producers and male editors proposition them, but none of them say they will give them a job if they do. It is just implied, or acted as if it is a good career move.
Usually I hear them complain about how another female editor went and slept with a director or producer to get the job. Now, it is wrong for the guys to give jobs to women for sex, but in this case the women instigated it. They are just as much to blame.
I was a PA on this horrible TV series for Sci-Fi, Black Scorpion. It was a big rip off of Batman, and they had some recurring villains. I know for a fact that some of the actresses slept with the one of the Producers (not Corman, he was executive producer) to get their character brought back. I don't know who suggested it first, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was the actresses who suggested it first.
I felt bad for the actresses on these T&A series who just wanted to do there job, while other girls there had no problem giving the director or producer a little extra for a role (which was such a joke, because how many actresses make it bad after working on an Emmanuel series?).
Which brings me back to Megan Fox. I think she slept with some people in the beginning of her career, but now that she is a commodity she is changing the script to make it seem like they were trying to victimize her and she resisted, instead of how probably she flirted with producers and directors and probably slept with one or two to get her break. -
Why would he have a beef with me? Or is he just trying to mount a comeback, hoping I will eventually go away and he can take over the Dick Blood?
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Dyslexic fuck. Should read CREEPS ME THE FUCK OUT!
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God I hope not and I doubt it. I know for a fact a shitload of women out here in LA find him sexy as hell.
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At least that old gentleman would cooker a nice dinner afterward. Liver n' onion....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
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I'd bet Bruckheimer tried to sleep with her too though.
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Jun 05, 2009 12:58:43 PM CDT
Eastwood would ask Megan rock him to sleep.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....after their session.
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Grrrroooooaaarr rraoaoaaarrrrr
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Jun 05, 2009 1:07:12 PM CDT
Directors I would say use the casting couch
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
David O. Russell Ivan Reitman James L. Brooks Rob Cohen Peter Bogdanovich William Friedkin Rob Reiner Chris Colombus
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That man is a fucking saint. His dick is so pure it smells like baby powder.
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When did this happen?
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Jun 05, 2009 1:10:38 PM CDT
The quiet ones are the biggest freaks
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Fact
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Jun 05, 2009 1:10:44 PM CDT
That would be weird if Eastwood is like a baby.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
He has women feed him and rock him to sleep and rub him down with lotion and shit. And he sucks his thumb and cries when you call him a bad boy.
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Wow, they weren't kidding. By they, I mean EVERYONE. The dialogue was atrocious and Marky Mark's first lines in the film are an example of just terrible delivery. None of it rang true at all. Teachers don't talk like him. I'll try it again this afternoon. Maybe right now.
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Jun 05, 2009 1:12:23 PM CDT
The biggest casting couch cunt in Hollywood is...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Joel "The Cunt" Silver I guaran-fucking-tee it.
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I'll check it out. Did it just happen or is this old news?
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"Quick! It's wind! Run!" "Where? It's fucking wind!" What a complete load of shit that flick is.
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I would post a direct page but its only on that cheap ass old version. I'll have it up in the new format soon. And Joel Silver shares the top spot of biggest, most stained casting couch in Hollywood with none another than ROBERT EVANS!!!
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William "The Asshole" Friedkin, Joel "The Cunt" Silver, Robert "The Douchebag" Evans, Peter "The Prick" Bogdanovich, Roman "The Anal Rapist" Polanski, Woody "The Molester" Allen.
Just wish I could think of a good one for the late Don Simpson but I can't think of being called anything more loathsome than "Don Simpson" -
P.S. Someone wrote a question about what happened with Robert Evans and THE COTTON CLUB. At the time I was supposed to do it instead of Richard Gere… whoops, here we go again. I was fairly intrigued, but privately my life was in shambles. My marriage was truly on the rocks and there seemed to be no salvaging the situation. So I began dating another woman at that time (who shall remain nameless) and slowly I was feeling better about myself. One afternoon I was invited to Robert Evans’ house to discuss doing the movie. I was completely on board until he said, “I might have something that’ll interest you.” Whereupon he returned with a duffle bag full of X-rated Polaroids. He dumped this mess on the coffee table and burrowing through all these poor actresses that thought they were going to eventually amount to something, he came across a very X-rated Polaroid of the girl I was dating and said, “Hey, look, we have something in common.” I thought blood was going to come out my eyes and felt such loathing at that moment. What was the man thinking? Is this his idea of bonding, by showing me a salacious image of the girl I thought was beyond anything so perverse? Guess not. Without a word, I exited his house and his life. Funny how Polaroids change the course of history.
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Jun 05, 2009 1:24:30 PM CDT
Don "The Cum Dumpster" Simpson
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Don "The Porcelein Halo" Simpson Don "The Hosehound" Simpson
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www.aintitcool.com/node/31016
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Wow. Awesome.
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Jun 05, 2009 1:30:59 PM CDT
Stallones a champ for doing those Q&A's
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
and being pretty bloody candid about it.
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Jun 05, 2009 1:34:09 PM CDT
Alright, I'm off to pack for my holiday to Croatia
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Have a great week fellas. Hasta luego!
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Hollywood in the 70s produced the greatest generation of filmmakers and perverts this world has every seen.
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Try not to get involved in any ethnic fighting Droid.
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Don "The Scumbag" Simpson? Don "Snuff Film" Simpson? Don "Stuffed Penis" Simpson?
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Thanks for the support, mate.
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You guys can be the 30-Something Weight Watchers ClubAnd anyway, I know you guys always think I'm angry, but really, it's just that I don't have any respect for any of you. I mean gosh, after I left you spent half the afternoon talking about whether or not I was some other pathetic fuck. I suppose after I post this, you guys'll get your panties in a bunch again and start talking about how mean I am. But really, is it so harsh if it's completely true?I should note: HOD, Jonah Echo, Mavra, Fred and Series are exempt from this whole thing. Hell, I never see any of them on here anymore anyway.And Danny's telling everyone I follow him around now? If I recall, he posted about Kings of Leon on Yoko after I did. Other than that, I have barely posted on anything else except Twitch for the last 6 months. If you disagree, feel free to hunt down some random TB to prove me wrong. It's better than your lame office jobs right?Okay have fun gabbing on about nothing some more. Back to school!
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D.Vader: yep "Pop" is soda. It was the prefered nomenclature out west when I grew up.Continentalop: I'm no expert just a somewhat interested amature. The duels listed above I liked. I would also add the best part of the severly underperforming Phantom Menace, the tri-duel between the two Jedis and tattoo boy.I wonder if Droid is going to the Black Sea resorts? Some of those places are really nice. That region has bounced back tremendously since the 90's.How the hell do you guys remember all the names you're throwing around? I have to write names down just to remember them.
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The first lines are "Where am I?" And the response is so clunky : "You're at the place where the killers meet to discuss what to do with the crippled girl." The first girl smiles and goes "Oh yeah!" and turns back to her book. What the fuck was she talking about? Where she was in the book? Where she was at the park? Was the girl just insane or something and the other girl her keeper? It makes no damn sense. Stupid.
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Sheebus.
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Now you're just being extremely rude.
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You're right, of course. I almost didn't post.
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http://tinyurl.com/pyxhvz
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Which is why I couldn't help but wonder why everyone kept talking shit after I left.
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You are a fucking liar.
By saying "Following me around," I'm speaking in virtual terms. Meaning someone that whines here about things I post in other TB'S. And yeah-- you barely post outside of Twitch, unless you're crying about me. Magically you always appear in the same TB I'm in late at night and start insulting me. Thats fine. But don't deny doing it please.And of course you're gonna kiss ass when it comes to the above mentioned.. HOD sends you free shit. Mavra posts your shit. Series is your review writing partner. And Jonah and Fred wouldn't harm a fly, so they don't count. The individuals you have a problem with are the ones that have called you out on your childish shit, and you can't handle criticism very well. In the past you and I have spoken of Wes Anderson and Michel Gondry and other things we mutually enjoy, and you were totally cool with me. The second I disagree with you-- I'm your mortal enemy. Thats cool. Be the big man. Keep returning here to insult the people you've been talking to almost every day for a year. You don't need this place. You got your whole life ahead of you. You have friends in the "Real world" and none of us here do, right? Cause we're all just fat 30 something year olds with office jobs. Grow the fuck up you little punk. You've become a punchline. Thats why people keep talking. -
Good luck with the site Danny.
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HOD and Jonah are the reason why I even started going on here a lot, way back on the Outlander talkback. I do not expect any more free shit after this, believe me. Fred and Mavra make me laugh, and Series and I disagree sometimes, but we stay cool.
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I just don't think you have anything worth reading.
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What's your problem with Xiphos, Jarv, Droid, Chipps, myself, etc?
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Jun 05, 2009 3:31:16 PM CDT
kungfuhustler84 -- thank you for your support.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Nothing really. Like I said, I have yet to be truly angry at anyone. I just don't care for this crap anymore. It's too bad about how everything went, but I can deal with a couple of people thinking I'm a "punk."
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Uhhhhh. I don't claim to have anything worth reading. But you spend an awful lot of time reading every one of my posts. If you truly feel my words are worthless, maybe you should quit.
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and fuckin' dubious combat.
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I leave you now, like Mary Poppins on a windy day.SWOOSH!
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"Marge, while you were gone we had a little episode involving...the BOOOGEYMAN!!'
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That would seem to imply you've got problems with everyone.
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Man that was bad. Really bad. I have a hard time believing this is the same man who made "The Sixth Sense" or even "The Village".
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Back when it was called "The Green Effect". I remember his review for it here at AICN and he said it was a return to form for Shammy. He urged some studio to buy it bc some were balking and refusing.
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The whole world goes CRAZY.
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not mori. hes been against shammy since unbreakable.
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It reads pretty well. I haven't seen the film. Latino Review fucking loved it too.
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Jun 05, 2009 4:10:41 PM CDT
M. Night should have made the plants former slaves.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....and they should have been fighting in the Civil War with the North. And the main plant should have been played by Denzel Washington.
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that made me actually want to go outside afterwards and tear up some grass or kick a tree
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and dubious combat!
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anyone out who there who happens to remember most or all of these?
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Jun 05, 2009 4:17:03 PM CDT
David Carradine's hotel room reeks of piss and....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....dubious behavior.
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"I love 'em. Especially when they fit like a glove!"
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Been tied up in my closet this week. Looks like everyone is on their period.
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Dr. Horrible's Sing along blog, it was very fun. I'm watching the musical commentary now.
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How dare you! Im gonna POP you in the eye for that one!
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I've been going through old clothes?
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they keep ripping from my weight.
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Is Joss Wheadon gay? I notice in the making of stuff he had a pretty nifty ear ring.
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Especially since one of the head guys said that Johan Hex was being directed by the Kung Fu Panda director. Fucking retard. Its Horton Hears a Who Director.
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Fucked up. I had to reset it again. I just reset it like 2 months ago though.
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The AV Club? Pretty good stuff.
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As in the Cola, at the Coca Cola factory in Atlanta, they've got fountains from Coke around the world you can try.
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whatever, as long as Big ol' Gay Whedon finds a way to wrestle the Buffy flick out of the hands of those bloodsuckers...no, not the vampires...the producers
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I finally finished Buffy...looks like I was right about the whole Spike/Buffy thing but it was handled well....Kicker is I get invested in this 14 year old show and then have it go all wonky on me in the last season....4th was the worst season and the 5th was the best. 'The Body' might have been one of the most wrenching television eps ever.
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Jun 05, 2009 4:48:37 PM CDT
If Don Simpson were alive to produce Buffy.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...directed by 1987'S Tony Scott-- it would spell TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION. And I guarantee there would be tit.
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What did I ever do to you?
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In "The Happening". I don't see how anyone could get excited about the script. Maybe it reads really well but the execution was just plain terrible.
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It read fun. It definitely wasn't bad. I read about 30 pages....but I never finished it. That says something...haha.
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Kung says you still owe him 200 from Tijuana. What the fuck?!
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Yeah I remember you thinking something may happen between Spike and Buffy. I didn't want to say anything. I thought it generated some good drama. Spike got downright pitiable there for awhile. Then their relationship got reeeally fucked up.
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Jun 05, 2009 5:00:26 PM CDT
well kids...its Friday. I'm getting the fuck out of here.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I'm gonna go outside and try to make some friends. I can't go home because my wife fucking hates me due to my shit taste in music and films.D. Vader.....good luck with the Weight Watchers.
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The begining to the Gods Mus Be crazy? Where that girl takes her car to drive all the way to the other side of the street to drop off her mail? Well that is what I just did, kind of. The post office is literally less then a 1/4 mile away from my and I took my car over to make sure my Netflixs got dropped off before 5 o'clock. Fucker was already out there collecting the mail and i had ten minutes to go. Then I came right back here.
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....call the President.
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Good luck with the making friends thing. Wear a skirt or something; you need all the help you can get!
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And I saw when it turned on there was this Paul "I didn't die from Autoerotic Exfixiation, I died like an old man" Neman commercial for camps. Now isn't that an odd message to put out before a movie about Concentration Camps? No wonder the Weinstien company is so fucked they have their heads up their asses. Also it was a camp for kids, how many kids are watching The Reader? Though they were making fun of Kate's Pubic wig on Lex and Terry this morning.
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Its summer and Ice Cream truck company's are hiring. I hear its a great way for old men to meet nice young people.
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If you were me that would explain why I couldn't log on for the past couple of days. Too bad no one was posting as me. That would be crazy, to sit there and see someone posting as your name and you couldn't do shit about it.
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Too young to drive an ice cream truck I'm afraid. Did Kate really have a pubic wig?
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I remember it well. I'd seen Evans ripping Sly a new one in the 'Kid Stays in the Picture' dvd about 'Cotton Club' and figgered that it was a Slanted as hell story, at the least. I was glad to see him reply. KungFoo84--If you don't someone's posts, who happens to be on here alot, jest do what I do-iggy them. Many post here all the time in all kinda TB's, and it just adds up to so much white noise. If I don't like someone's style or whatever, unless it gets personal w/ me, I just pass'em by. It's just a movienerd site anyways *shrugs* and there's plenty of room for Giant Robots of all stripes here. I'm not so much a member of this group as some of the others I usually yak w/ like Geyser and PaZoozoo aren't here much-but it's not a bad lot for the most part. Plus it's not Xiphos' fault A.J. Hinch SUCKS.
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I'm workin' on it!
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....if I was approaching 50 and behaving the way I do. Fuck......no.
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Jun 05, 2009 5:24:18 PM CDT
its amazing how likable Evans is in The Kid....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
.....you really root for him.Yet stories from everyone else describe him as the worse kind of demon imaginable. Interesting how different perspectives can change your view.
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I thought you were 12.
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And you couldn't be Jaack's best pal in the '70's, or be working for those German guys who ran Paramount there-and not be a prick yourself. Sad to say it-but you know who Harry Cohn was? what he was like? he was a big a prick as anyone you'd ever see. And sad thing--he was NORMAL for a Hollywood Suit. Not the exception. He was just blunt and up front about it. Don Simpson-douche. True.
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Jun 05, 2009 5:30:52 PM CDT
the real story is Stallone and Evans were an item.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....Sly finds out Evans was fucking around on him with various females on the casting couch and fabricates that story.
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Jun 05, 2009 5:34:05 PM CDT
You weren't supposed to let them know you have my penis, Danny.
by mavra chang
My mom is gonna kill me when she finds out!
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Jun 05, 2009 5:34:15 PM CDT
Yeah-- everyone raves about the product of the 70's
by dannyglovers_dickblood
(films not cocaine) but the atmosphere at the studios looks and sounds fucking miserable. Far worse than it is now. It looks like a dark and ugly world to exist in back then. No wonder the films were so fucked.
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Have a good weekend.
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A lot of people I barely know on this site hate me. ;)
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Good luck with your penis.
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It was only on loan to him.
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Is a pubic wig. I want one.
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your penis.(scratches head, mystified)
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Has anyone actually seen this movie? Is it any good?
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Don't ask, don't tell. It would get me grounded, for sure.
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What about Jerry Bruckheimer? He's gotta be the worst. I bet he and Micheal Bay try to double team'em.
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Too depressing.
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Did it win a few awards?
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in 12 hours. Don't think I've ever looked less forward to a movie before. Glad it's the noon screening, get it over with. In, out, put the kettle on.As it were.
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I'm too late for the good stuff, as usual. I was hoping there'd be a slideshow after the discussion.
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Jun 05, 2009 6:07:16 PM CDT
I am pretty sure there are pricks in Hollywood right now
by continentalop
As big as these guys. It is whomever currently holds the power: In the Golden Age, the heads of the studio ran everything so they could get away with being the biggest dicks; in the 70s it was the director who was king so they were usually the biggest assholes you could meet; in the 80s the producers took over so the Simpsons and the Silvers became the symbol of excess; in the early part of this decade the youth market was huge so it was Young Hollywood you could get away with being obnoxious; nowadays, I don't know who is in charge but I am sure they are pissing on a young actress and fucking her in the ass while promising her a part.
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I've been looking at the Avatar TB. They're discussing composers. Impressive... most impressive.
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They need a stand in for him on the set of The Killer Inside Me. I need to get a hold of the extras casting for that see if they need more people.
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I think I would need a haircut. His is thinner than it used to be.
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But I forgot they are making The Killer Inside Me. I love Jim Thompson - I hope this movie is good.
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I could probably squeal like a pig, though. If needs must...
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Uggh. Thank god it is friday....
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You sure do have a purty mouth. ;)
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Yeah they are right with The Edge I fucking love that movie.
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When I'm on all fours...
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Deliverance again soon. I got the DVD for £3 a couple of months ago but have yet to give it a spin.Yeh, that's right, I've got me £ symbol back! For some reason my keyboard set itself to US mode causing great symbol confusion. I still think it was one of you Americans, using mind control or something...
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Its like big news they are filming it around here, and the cast is Kate Hudson, Baby Affleck and Jessica Alba and I was like meh, that's not very interesting. Only Casey Affleck does good stuff, then I saw that its being directed by Micheal Winterbottom? I was like, well that makes it 1,000 times cooler. I don't get what the big deal is with British directors making movie in OK is right now, but they are loving it. (The last film made in OK was Splinter, director = British).
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My dad has the Record of the soundtrack. That has to be one of the top ten best songs from a movie. Ok this Reader movie is going no where and I'm 45 minutes deep.
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That comment about how Fu and Danny secretly love each other, had me a laughing aloud.
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Soon you will be packing your luggage and boarding a flight to the U.S. I will pick you up at the airport. I'm low on minions this weeks. You're next on the list.
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Jun 05, 2009 6:34:59 PM CDT
You know everyone bitching and being Upset is directed at the wr
by series7
Don't hate each other hate the new comic Werewolves on the Moon: Versus Vampires #1 for fucking taking a great idea and making it a fucking lame Scooby Doo comic, but with cuss words.
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I think when she said moves she meant fist punching and by shooting them down she meant that she was actually not as brain dead as she seems and can doge a fist after years of ball dodging in high school.
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A hypnotist tried to hypnotise me once. He couldn't.Your chances of mind control a slim. I was suggesting more 'electronically' anyway.
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I missed the blowjob story day!! WHAT! Why the fuck is the one day I actually worked on a Friday everyone comes out to play? I'm like the A-bomb around here, everyone is having fun then I show up and boom everyone is dead.
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Is fucking stupid. I would have rather seen the period where Kate was at the camps.
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If you could tell, I'd be doing a lousy job of it. I don't need control of you in a tech sense anyhow. Physical empowerment is good enough for my needs. Ask Toad. ;p
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Are you still working in Hollywood?
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Wuzzat? Camps, not cramps? My bad. *Whistles and walk away.*
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You are I are about the same size. But I don't think I'm a fat ass? I used to be able to bench press 280, then I stopped weight lifting and I am just not as strong as I used to be.
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A scene where Kate is on her period.
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Just you can tell buy the way she is acting that Aunt Flow was vising that day.
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makes me sick how people pretend that they are hollywood. what a travesty. these movies suck balls and are done only to attract your attention
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How goes it?
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I'll send you another 'review' in the next couple of days. A Golden Oldie.Need sleep now.Laters, everybody. Have a good 'un.
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it goes fine thanks
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Fucker disappearing on me. What do you have some sort of life to attend to? Well anyways, the Reader just got Readeriffic. But back to why I want to talk to Continentalop, because I really REALLY want to see The Hangover. I'm a huge fan of Brad Cooper (man crush fan) and Zach, but I really could care less about that Daily Show fag. He has gotten funnier since they put him on the office and he had a funny scene in Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story which everyone should see. This movie looks very promising. But is it like Old School where its funny once then never again? But I am no longer in college so I won't hear it quoted to death either, which will help my liking of the film.
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Being in two Vegas set films in two years? He's going to stereo type himself.
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Have pleasant dreams. I command it, mwa ha ha.
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On DJ. He has made one really good interesting film. It was his first one. I bought it, its called the Salton Sea, its a murder mystery that is kind of noirish. Then he did Taking Lives which had only one good scene. And its he's been pretty much shit since Salton Sea. Seriously that movie is worth the ole looky loo.
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Has gotten a lot better in the second half. Just fucking depressing.
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this fuckin site got boring. and im not looking forward to any movies and i dont plan to watch anything coz they all suck.
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Got a shit load to do here - work, laundry and trying to find more work.
Yes, I still live in Hollywood.
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We live in a world where pussy grazes freely on the pastures of life. Better days are ahead!
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this talkback got crazy the last couple days. I don't know where to start...
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I'm still an interloper around these parts.....warranting neither a "for" or "against".
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No really. He is probably the closest thing to a character who has the biggest arc in the movie - but that is not to say he is the star. It really is an ensemble piece between the three of them. Everyone has their moment to shine.
I never was a fan of Bradley Cooper until I saw this and He's Just Not Into You (hey, it was Valentine's Day). I've got to say the guy has grown on me with those two performances, especially in The Hangover. He shows this kind of insane charisma in this one that I have never seen in any of his performances. -
I don't know if I should be thankful or upset I wasn't even mentioned. I feel like Bulgaria during WWII, whenever someone mentions the Axis they just mention Japan, Italy and Germany and never us. They don't even get recognized for being evil.
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What did Bulgaria do during WWII? My history teacher must have skipped that!
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Most of our original group has been here for about a year now.....we're slowly fading out as a group now.
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I just know they were part of the Axis.
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Well I am off to a Bachelor party right now. See I myself am to wed in Vegas later this summer, probably having my Bachelor party there as well.
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Nothing like a little Oscar bait movie to get you in the mood for a good bachelor party.
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I'm not looking for recognition on this site - I just come here to shoot the shit and talk movies. Do I like it when people name drop me? Yeah, I do, it means I said something smart or thought inducing or funny, but I don't need that to exist.
I'm also not here just to start something or have people talk about me (not accusing you of that DGBD - I know you are probably getting sick of that accusation).
I'm not very confrontational so I am not surprised I am not mentioned. I pretty much get along with everyone, even guys you, Jarv and the other members of the CoC can't stand - most excellent ninja, AsimovLives, etc. Except for CoughlinsLaws and TITBAG, those guys I can't stand.
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...I'm really sick of that bullshit. Maybe they'll eventually win. It makes me want to come here less and less. But how long have you been coming to Twitch Conti? I don't recall.
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Don't do anything I wouldn't do - which is pretty much nothing. I expect to hear about doing lines off of tranny hookers next time we meet.
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booted out!
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Jun 05, 2009 8:07:46 PM CDT
Series....I'm going to be in Vegas this fucking Summer.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I'll meet you at "Talk of the Town." Its a little shithole strip join inside a porn shop right next to Stratosphere in the ass crack of Vegas. Cheap admission and shower rooms, they don't stop until you pop.
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Joss Whedon is gay or not. I expect to see a full discussion on my desk in the morning for a thorough hungover review. Ciao.
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I came here before the New Years but didn't really feel at home then. But after the BALEBACK I have kind of figured out the site enough were I realize this section is the one I like the best - it is the most like the BALEBACK in that it is much more respectfully - usually.
The funny thing is I think the first time we talked DGDG you yelled at me on the election day forum after I said a bad joke because you thought I was someone else (there have been a couple of ContinentalOps here I guess), so I understand the frustration of having a Doppleganger. Of course, mine was just a couple of guys who happened to have similar names, yours are guys intentionally impersonating you. -
Jun 05, 2009 8:13:05 PM CDT
I don't have a problem with those people Conti.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
There's only a few people around here I truly can't stand Coughlins Laws (its a love/hate thing though) and a few others that aren't around much anymore. Diox, Ninja, Memories of Murder, and a bunch of other crazy fucks....I don't mind. I find them entertaining.
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Wanna be my best man? Looks like right now my best man is stuck in the Military and can't get out. If he can't get leave this'll be the second time he's missed being the best man at a wedding. And he fucking put in his request like in February. You wouldn't have to show up, we'll just put you on a chat function that his one of those old school computer voices speak what you type.
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I fucking hate all of you and collecting ever little bit of information I can about you and figuring out where you live so I can hunt you down and eat you. Later ;-P
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Jun 05, 2009 8:15:18 PM CDT
I did? Heheh. I have a shit memory. I've done that before....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....some dude says whats up and I say "Drop fucking dead," and they're like uhhhhh okay. We were cool yesterday. Then I realize I got the wrong guy. Its actually kinda funny. Sorry about that. Your loyalty shone bright in the BaleBack. I remember that much. And yes.....this is still truly the best place on the site.
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That would have been SOOO good had I not fucked up and put ever instead of every, allah damnit. Don't you hate that you hit post and right afterward you see the mistake and your like SHIT....
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Yes. I will accept. And if you post pics in here-- you gotta blur out my face, or let me wear a lucha libre mask.
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By the way you have to wait and line to eat me - diox has first dibs.
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Like i said I am getting dumber.
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Jun 05, 2009 8:19:59 PM CDT
Pic of me and my brother at the last wedding we attended....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
http://tinyurl.com/odmhpn
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If my best man gets fucked by Uncle Sam I'll keep you in mind.
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Jun 05, 2009 8:23:30 PM CDT
Fuck. I gotta take my wife that hates me out.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....hopefully she'll give up the poon later if I drop a C Note on dinner.
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at AICN, looong before I found out about this lovely spot, DGDB was the only TB'er who would respond to my posts.
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That is Santos and the Blue Demon, and I think they are about to take on Dracula and the Wolfman.
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Handy with the trivia!
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What the fuck, someone beat us to it?!
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Now you can pitch it as a reboot of the comic. The suits will be all over it!!
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Where luchadores fight classic Universal monsters?
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Fuck, just toss around the word of the year in a Hollwood office- "REBOOT!"- and they'll finance it on the spot.
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the video of Bob Odenkirk pitching a movie to Bob Odenkirk on adultswim?
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I like Bah- Bodenkirk.
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That film would be Santo & Blue Demon vs. the Monsters (Santo Y Blue Demon Contra Los Monstruos), one of the "classic" Mexican wrestler movies.
http://tinyurl.com/r24bpn
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My introduction to the luchadore was through Ray Mysterio Jr.
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Today is the 65th anniversary of the allied amphibious operations that accelerated destruction of the Third Reich. I would encourage everybody to take a moment and remember the sacrifices that those brave English, Canadien and American warriors made at Sword, Gold, Juno, Omaha and Utah beaches.Take a moment to think about the stout Paratroopers and Para-Gliders that floated down, in the dark, through the anti-aircraft and artillary fire. Dropped in the wrong places and mixed up with other units yet they carried the fight forward. Lastly, remember the men of 2nd Ranger as they scaled the cliffs of Pointe Du Hoc and took out the six 155mm canons destroying the soldiers on Utah Beach. RANGERS LEAD THE WAY! Among them was my Grandfather. Without the sheer guts and determination those fine warriors showed, of all nations, things today would be vastly different.One last personal request. If you have a second think about what the fighting men are doing for you today. We would appreciate it, even if we don't know about it. For today the well wishes even includes the US Navy.
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the wallabies are fucking handing the barbarians asses to them. get youreself organised you fucks.
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conficted.my anscestors were the cannon fodder of the empire. i am consequently a repubican. without taking it away from you, d day was not about beating germany (i think maybe you imply this) it was about controling europe after germanys fall. in any case i have a big problem with your countries forgin policy but i would say this: there has never, in the history of the earth, been a super power more naive, with better intentions than your county. your country fucks up all the time, but no country have put as much effort into doing the right thing as yours.and also. let us just thing about those poor bastards at the business end of this shit. your county and mine are a long way from europe. we were quite happy. we got dragged out of our slumber. the effect on our (my) families was devestating. june 6. a lot of virgins died that day. a lot of dads died that day. all they wanted was for us to live our lives happy. so we owe it to them to do that.
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If it was only about controling Germany as you say, which point I don't really understand to tell you the truth, I would reply with this two points.
1. You can't control anybody until you beat them. Also your power to contol Germany would be lessened by the Soviet precence.2. If they really wanted "control" post war Germany like you said then WW2 would have ended in Oct of 44, long before the Soviets got into Western Europe. How would the allies have accomplish this you ask? Simple, they would have gave the supplies to 3rd Army under Patton instead of diverting them to Montgomery and his absolutely criminal Market Garden operation in September. If Patton was given the supplies he needed there would not have been the escape of at least 50,000 German soldiers and armor at the Fulaise Gap. There would not have been the retrenchment of German forces behind the Seigfried line and the ruinous cost of lives that came about because of the creep and crawl frontal assaults planned by those cocksuckers Eisenhower and Bradley. Remember the math of combat. One soldier decently led and supplied(inside of the German boarders much easier task to accomplish) that know the terrain are equal to 5 that don't. On the other hand if Patton continued at the speed he was moving and the pace of envelopment of German forces he would have blasted through the Siegfried line before it got set and taken Berlin. So no communist, no Ardens offensive and millions of lives would have been saved.Enough about that. My post wasn't about national policies, strategic planning or Generals. I just thought it was important to recognize the actions of men on an important day. -
I read it as control of Germany not Europe but what I wrote still applies, more or less. I would have skipped the big paragraph in the middle.
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aussies wernt in that one..but re your last statement, let us always be greatful for their sacrifice. you yanks have shed a lot of blood for contries that now spit in your eye, and fair enough that that pisses you off.
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about the battle of berlin. untill about a year ago i used to go to the german club and i know a few child veterans of the other side. honestly there is not a single high ranking american general i have any respect for (maybe bradly) einhouser gave europe to the soviets (they tricked him and he always saw himself as a solider not a polictican so the fuck up was not necissarily his) but after a certain point the germans wanted to lose to america, not russia.
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i live in brisbane. if you think of a map of australia it is about half way up the side, and the most northern city over 1 mill. during the second world war there was a thing called 'the brisbane line' we would defend below it. one of the main historic buildings in my city is 'mcarther chambers'. the pacific war was run out of brisbane. arguably the biggiest fist fight in history (suppessed cause in war time we wanted the enemy to think we got along) occurred in brisbane, it is called 'the battle of brisbane' and there were a division and half on each side (one of you bastards gave some slut a ciggerette sparking it off)alone we stopped the japs at kokoda. my family got wiped out there. mcarther called us cowards. and people still think americans stopped the japs.bu that is irrelevant to d day -
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i went and saw terminator today. it was awesome. given the other movies i did think that molten meteal should destroy a terminator. but other than that it did fit well into the cannon. it was a good movie. nicely done, ill pay it.
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I remember. You guys are hardly cowards. Yeah I had a couple great uncles that were either at D-Day or got in right afterwards, you just can't possibly know what it was like to be in their shoes no doubting that. Today we're fat happy and contented despite our shitty unemployment and Iraq going on. Xiphos both my older brothers were Navy. They Resemble that remark!
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i have never paid sam worthington in aussie flicks. i love 'gettin square' but i think worthington is not great in it, he rings it in in a great movie. but he owned terminator. he is going to be a star. and unlike russel crowe, he is actually astralian
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ive seen worthington in a few things, and he has never impressed me. but he impressed me in terminator. it was his one shot, and he was the ringer.
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every day i think of what they gave us.
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and when jarv shows up remind him for me that the wallabies just beat the barbirian (flogged them in fact) the barbarins being every other team in the world put together.
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Wolf, Mavra got mind control skillz, you would never know she was making you lick your own balls, oh wait your a Wolf. Disregard that. Well anyway, she can make a Toad think he is a Frog.
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Worthington never really seemed like a big acting deal to me, but he played an asshole prisoner damn well in the opening and when he yells at the girl / pushes reese out of the car. his wavering accent was crappy, I hope he doesn't bother in Clash of the tightass, but other than that he and yelchin stole the show.
if there were a longer cut of just worthington and yelchin shooting the shit, then more scenes of moon and sam making kissy face, it would have been a better movie in my eyes. -
And there was a girl with huge boobs in it who I couldn't stop looking at. Its weird because then I had a dream last night where my girlfriend somehow transferred her head onto the girl's body. And while we were making out I started groping her new breasts and she got all angry like "I KNEW that's what you'd do!" Well, yeah...
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As I watched the end credits to "Saving Private Ryan" on TCM. Even though I know you hate the film, its still pretty moving there at the end. And I love William's score for the credits, "Hymn to the Fallen." Its pretty emotional.
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nazi werewolf clones on the moon? warsaw symphony part 2: hitler's moon.
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Any guy who can lick his own balls would never have the time to post here.
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Thinking about what those brave men went through, what they saw and how they must have felt really puts my piddling little problems into perspective.If the ones who gave their lives for us could see us now would we look like a bunch of ungrateful spoilt wankers? Probably. They don't deserve that insult and we don't deserve their sacrifice.Never forget.
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Man, I thought I was the only one. Well, I don't hate it, but I agree with Oliver Stone, if Tom Hanks was my commanding officer I would have fragged him.
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Jun 06, 2009 1:34:30 PM CDT
What I love about the WWII generation is they weren't heroes
by continentalop
We love to put them on a pedestal and say they were doing all of this to save the world or end tyranny, and maybe that was FDR, Eisenhower and Truman's motives, but the guys on the front lines didn't give a shit about that. If you ever talk to a WWII veteran, they pretty much say the same thing, "I was just doing my job."
Xiphos, your grandfather probably stormed Normandy not to be a hero and end the holocaust and occupation of Europe. He probably did it so he wouldn't let his buddies, his squad, his platoon and his company down. He probably did it in hopes that other GIs coming down later wouldn't end up under fire from a German machine gun nest. And he did it because he knew each time they moved ahead they were all one step closer to heading home.
That is why I love them. Tom Brokaw and a bunch of other people started calling them 'The Greatest Generation" and giving them all these noble intentions, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Of course, I can think of nothing more heroic than someone who is just humbling doing there job. especially when there "job" is to storm a heavily fortified German town or guarded beach. -
No my intent. Just wanted to say what I like about those guys - the lack of pretense and their humble nature.
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You're not alone. Besides me and you Jarv also dislikes SPR. We're a miniscule minority but we're an insightful bunch. SPR to me is WW2 porn. I thought The Thin Red Line was much better outside of teh opening assault scene and to me the characters were more realistic and less central castng from some 50's studio film.
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That was MacArthurs stock and trade manouver, take credit and call anybody not directly associated with him cowards. He did the same to the 4th Marines that were on Corridor Island with him. He belittled thier bravery and work then denied them the Distinguished Unit medal. After that the Marines called him Dugout Doug. The sleaziest thing he ever did though was what he did Gen. Wainwright, the comander he left in charge after he fled Corrigador. Wainwright had not choice but to surrender thus disregarding MacArthurs orders. Dugout Doug tried to bring him up on charges. Somebody sane quashed that dispicable deal.
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When did you start drinking?
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...about her, what is the general consensus of ScriptGirl on this TB? Thanks.
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My dad served in the Korean War (1st Cav), and that glory hound did his best to get him killed. The guy went behind the back of the POTUS and sent an ultimatum to to the Chinese, undermining Truman's attempts at a ceasefire. He also talked about dropping the bomb, alarming our allies and galvanizing our enemies. He also pushed for invading China. He also ignored evidence that Chinese People's Liberation Army were entering North Korea, leading to the big retreat.
I think General Mathew Ridgway, his replacement, described him best:
"...the hunger for praise that led him on some occasions to claim or accept credit for deeds he had not performed, or to disclaim responsibility for mistakes that were clearly his own; the love of the limelight that continually prompted him to pose before the public as the actual commander on the spot...his tendency to cultivate the isolation that genius seems to require, until it became a sort of insulation...that deprived him of the critical comment and objective appraisals a commander needs...; the headstrong quality...that sometimes led him to persist in a cause in defiance of all logic; [and] a faith in his own judgment that created an aura of infallibility and that finally led him close to insubordination."
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My favorite part of Thin Red Line was when they are talking about what the Japanese have up on the hill and how they are going to take it, then they suddenly cut to the viewpoint of the Japanese bunker and how much area they can cover with their MG. They have full view of the valley below. You realize that the GIs have got no chance of getting up there without getting mowed down or hit by mortar rounds.
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Nick Nolte. A friend of mine complained the film was anti-war. I thought it wasn't anti-war to show the truth - some people are out there for their own personal glory and don't worry as much for everyone's well being.
Whatever profession you look at - cops, lawyers, doctors, teachers, even politicians there is always some people who are selfish and self-centered, and if they are a supervisor or authority position it just makes matters worse. What is wrong with saying the US Army has people like that as well? -
Enemy at the Gates sucked.
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When Nick Nolte breaks down... he's been a hard ass all the way through and then he's just sat by himself and breaks down. Powerful.And when they attack the village, backed by Zimmer's superb music cue.
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So I just finished watching The Longest Day. It's a great film.
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I went to see Terminator Salvation.It was fucking rubbish.
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When I was saying Nolte was self-centered and a glory hound, I didn't mean he was one dimensional. He realizes his flaws, like the scene when he is talking to Cusack and realizes that Cusack sees through him. You can just see that he is ashamed.
Plus there is the great scene where he is talking to Captain Staros and he spells out how you have to make sacrifices in war. Sure he is a dick, but he does have a good point.
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I'll never forget what the fighting forces did back then and I'll always spare a thought for today's troops, wherever they may be in the world.
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Yeh, agreed on Nolte. Clooney - that's a strange one. On the face of it, not necessary. But ages ago I saw a still of Clooney in a scene not in the film. So maybe he was in it more and got cut out.
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Heh... Don't need no mind control for licking me own balls. I do that as a matter of course!
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Jun 06, 2009 4:58:51 PM CDT
the only thing the celts feared was the sky falling on their hea
by chipps
this is much more reasonable when you consider that they are all alcoholics. my head hurts. i need some eggs.
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Though I had the WORST time keeping Caveizel and Ben Chaplin there apart first time I saw it. I liked it fine. I also like SPR though I agree it has it's problematic aspects. My favorite part is the Aryan SS Giant Robot in Munich-
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The D-Day landing sequence is impeccable. When it didn't carry on in that vein my attention started to drift. I dunno, it seemed to turn into an 'adventure' - though there were moments that harked back to those landing scenes.
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Good history lesson, but I generally hate any war movie with John Wayne in it. Don't get me wrong, I love John Wayne in westerns, but when I see him in a war movie it just kills me - learn to fucking crawl on your belly! You're a fucking big target just standing there in the open like that!
The Big Red One is my favorite of the WWII/Normandy films. Not saying it is perfect, but I just love the banter and attitude of the characters, and Lee Marvin is the perfect Sergeant. Plus I love the entire assembling the Bangalore Torpedoes on D-Day:
"The Bangalore Torpedo was 50' long and packed with 85 pounds of TNT and you assembled it along the way. By hand. I'd love to meet the asshole who invented it. "
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on The Big Red One, another storming film. My favourite scene in that is when they liberate the Concentration Camp and Hamill's character finds a German soldier hiding in one of the 'ovens.' He just keeps shooting the German, over and over. Marvin eventually finds him and says "I think you got him." But Hamill keeps shooting anyway.I think that, The Longest Day and A Bridge Too Far are my favourite war films.
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great movie, love the scene where the paratroopers land in the middle of town, just horrific. the scene was quite accurate too. two funny things: 1) john wayne was 27 years older than the character he was playing. since the movie was made 17 years after the events that means that at the time the movie was made, the guy he was playing was still ten years younger than him. 2) richard todd play john howard in the movie. in real life todd was an officer in the battalion that reinforced howards possition. thus in the movie howard (todd) speaks with 'todd' who is being played by another actor.
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That is incredible about Richard Todd. I never knew that. You've just made The Longest Day even better for me!
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I like him in the Longest Day, but it's just another one of those appearances of John Wayne Film Icon(TM), kinda like you have 4 minute roles for Red Buttons, Richard Burton, Redd Foxx, Tom Tryon and Stuart Whitman in there. It's still pretty good. They Were Expendable is his best War film by the way Continental Pops, check it out if you haven't, it's well worth your time. Agreed on his Westerns. Even stuff like Big Jake or Sons of Katie Elder are fun even if just cookie cutter late-era Duke stuff.
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Re: Scriptgirl.I've never tuned in to a Scriptgirl TB so I can't comment.
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If there's one thing The Longest Day needs it's more Dicky B.
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I guess Wayne never bothered me in that because he was Navy on a PT boat, not in the Army or Marines (see the Sands of Iwo Jima).
Interesting note. I hadn't seen They Were Expendable for years so I looked it up on wikipedia to refresh my memory. Interesting story:
According to Ben Mankiewicz, a host of Turner Classic Movies, Ford, a well-known taskmaster, was especially hard on Wayne, who did not serve in the armed forces, during filming. When Ford had health problems, he turned to Montgomery — who had actually been a PT boat commander — to take over for him, rather than Wayne. -
I even like fluff like the Cowboys.
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I love that movie, but I sometimes wonder how much wackier it would have been if they had cast their original choices of John Wayne as the Waco Kid and Richard Pryor as Sheriff Bart.
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wayne has never been the same for me since i watched 'the birdcage'
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1st is The Producers.
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Is that just Brooks comedies, or comedies in general?
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You mean the original, right? Not the 2005 musical.
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Now you owe me another fucking keyboard.
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is on tomorrow night up here in Canada. Watching him drink his own piss is satisfaction.
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And yes, comedies in general. Brooks had some skills. Then again, he put out some shit as well.
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Needed a break. I love it but it`s not the cheeriest of films. Plus, I can`t smoke in the house since the arrival of Twatwaffle Jr.
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I'd definitely agree that Saving Private Ryan goes downhill after the opening.
The Thin Red Line is great. Then again, I've never met a Malick movie I didn't like.
The Longest Day. John Wayne's presence is more than made up for by the awsomeness that is ROBERT MITCHUM. So cool, so cool... -
Almost all of it the Anzio/Monte Cassino Italian front of the War, a part that gets short shrift it seems to me. Tough tough tough terrain and very very nasty fighting.
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I think you mean "The Story of GI Joe." I think you accidentally made a portmanteau with "A Guy Named Joe."
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I'll speak for the crowd here. Scriptgirls is not held in very high esteem.I used to have fun on that TB busting the balls of JNR and his life partner JTC until the ban hammer fell. I have not been back since.
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-Story of GI Joe-has Burgess Meredith as Ernie Pyle AND the Penguin, it's quite an acting tour de force-
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Are mint no question about it.
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1932 Bonus Army riots/march. He ENJOYED that shit. Patton and Ike-did not, at least Ike didn't. And if you can't do something for the doughboys from WWI-gee thanks Hoover-you really DID suck didn't you-you are shit. Period.
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Or not so fun but you Will like the cast: Desi Arnez, Robert Taylor, Lloyd Nolan(grade A actor right there), Thomas Mitchell, a horde of walking Japanese bushes w/ legs, toy planes and festive interior Jungle sets. The movie is a re-do of 'The Lost Patrol' more or less-but has the added plus of hand grenades that can knock off entire bridge spans. I liked it and I think you will to if you ever give it a chance. Flip it over-and you get-Back to Bataan-w/ John Wayne, Anthony Quinn as a Phillipino and Buelah Bondi as Grandma Walton. Some of the Snidely Whiplash Japanese officers have to be seen to be believed in that one. Look close for a one-scene app. by Lawrence Tierney--you know, from Reservoir Dogs? Mr BLONDE! Mr PINK! etc--it's kinda fun to play spot the rising star cameo in these things-anyways. It's not bad, either. The japanese army truck loaded w/ dummies flying into the canyon is a hoot, too.
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That Bonus Army bullshit is un-fucking-believable. At least FDR offered 'em work (he should have just paid though....BEFORE a hurricane killed a bunch of the vets that he employed).
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There was an veteran named Joe Angelo, who served in WWI as a vet and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for saving the life of a young officer who had been seriously injured by a machine gun. Taking great risk, Angelo carried the officer to safety. That officer was none other than George S. Patton.
After the war, Joe returned to civilian life and when the Great Depression hit he became unemployed. He joined the Bonus Army movement. Of course, besides MacArthur, the other commanders of the operation to break it up were Eisenhower and Patton.
Joe Angelo approached Patton after the assault but was harshly rejected. The last words said between the two were spoken by Patton: "I do not know this man. Take him away and under no circumstances allow him to return. If he approaches me again, shoot him." -
Not one of the better moments in US history. Fucking politicians.
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that was bulshit
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i loath mcarthur, patton and blamey (top aussie general) all sacrificed the lives of others for their own political and egotistical reasons, making poor and costly military decisions for the sake of personal advancement.
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I'm going to disagree with you on Patton. Not going to argue about because I'm not going to change your mind and your not going to change mine.
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Was that an answer to my query, or a stand alone statement?
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A Doctor Black Listed, in some beach town? Isn't that just like Burn Notice minus Ash? Anyways at least Burn Notice is back on.
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Thanks for the response. Seems like most TBers over there just spew vitriol because its de rigueur! I've seen the two nicks you mentioned and it looks as if someone else has taken over in your stead!
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i'm thinking of his and monty's race across scily - the rapid pace caused by their competitiveness was costly. but i certainly don't think him as villainous as mcarthur or blamey.
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The second sentence in my post was in response to Xiphos_2.
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She makes videos for YouTube, and those videos can stay on YouTube, more power to her. But I hate how Harry tries to pretend she's a part of AICN and makes them for us. Its bullshit and its a bullshit way to get attention.
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Best music from that is that 9 minute piece where they take the hill. I forget what its called (music's on a different computer) but they used it in the Pearl Harbor trailer. Also great are the tribal songs.
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On one hand he was an egotist who saw war as glorious and was full of himself; on the other hand he was a brilliant strategist and was willing to have black men serve under him, not just the 761st Tank Battalion but he also was the first American General to integrate rifle companies. Great quote from Patton about race or religion:
"I don't give a damn who the man is. He can be a nigger or a Jew, but if he has the stuff and does his duty, he can have anything I've got. By God! I love him." (I have to laugh that we look at a man using the "N" word as being progressive on race - but there you are).
I wish I could remember Sam Fuller's quote about him. Basically it was that the guy was a great general and leader, but also a son-of-a-bitch and lunatic. -
Jason Patric, Billy Bob Thornton, Lukas Haas, and Viggo Mortensen all had parts in it that all ended up on the cutting room floor. So it wouldn't surprise me to hear Clooney had another scene. But it doesn't bother me when he shows up in the end. I see it from Sean Penn's point of view. Here's just another pretty boy commander who thinks he's hot shit, but he's just the same as the rest of them. Going to order us into a battle in which many of us will die and then he'll take the credit. Big deal.
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I just avoid that TB like the plague now. I used to go there to complain, but I am sure Harry got off on that.
The sad thing is I really feel sorry for her. It is obvious that she is trying to use the Script Girl thing for bigger and better things, but it is so delusional and desperate. Like I said in one of the Script Girl TBs, she has a Dennis Woodruff, Francine Dancer and Angelyne thing going on with her. -
But Cobra-Kai doesn't troll this TB too much I don't think.
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JNR and JTC still show and someone, don't remember who, rags on themI've heard of the ban hammer in TBs, but there's some pretty explicit stuff being said so I thought it to be a myth of sorts.
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Obeying orders, yes, but also denying any connection to the man who saved his life. The Duality of man right there.
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It gets dropped without warning and often without reason, but ALWAYS without explanation. Which just adds fuel to the fire for the talkbackers that are sick of Harry and the poor way he runs this site.
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And always vote ONE STAR. Hopefully that will send a message of some sort.
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...earlier in this TB there was talk of "Bear" movies.Anyone see "Prophecy" by Frankenheimer (1979)?Sorry to go off topic but it took me a few days of spare time to read all the posts!
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Not a fan of YouTube, that would be ONE STAR out of...?
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Jun 06, 2009 11:54:36 PM CDT
I want 2 go 2 the SG TB and tell them 12Monkeys isn't a remake
by d.vader
Not a *real* remake, anyway. But I'm afraid it would generate a real "discussion" and drive up the post count in that rotten Talkback.
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Never saw this episode from february. Bradley Cooper is hosting. And playing Bale. And he's about to go Bale-shit on a lighting tech.
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One star out of Five for YouTube. Also "Prophecy" kicks ass in the mutant-killer-bear genre.
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and make her look like a complete tool. But if you watch the 'deleted scenes' episode she did a while back, you can actually see that she does have some kind of personality hidden deep behind those boobs. She cant possibly be as dumb as she appears, unlike the morons running the show. You'd think that after over a year, they would have found a way to improve the content beyond the cuecard reading and lame skits, even on a shoestring budget. There's a million idiots with digital cameras posting better made videos on youtube, how come a team of supposedly professional filmmakers cant do it? Also, does Shane Hurlbut work for them? That might explain with the lighting is so shit on her videos.
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Has there ever been a better mutant bear movie ever made? Especially one with Talia Shire?
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I just rewatched The Golden Compass on dvd, and now I see why most people didnt like it when it came out. I still think the Bears are cool, and the visuals and steampunk designs are great, but man is the acting awful and story boring. I guess the big screen effect was misleading the first time around.
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Over Transformers. That has never sat well with me. Its got a great bear-fight in it though. But overall the whole film is... meh. Chris Weitz is starting to squander all the goodwill he had with me for writing Antz and directing American Pie and co-starring in Chuck and Buck. But Golden Compass and now Twilight? Bah.
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You either live in a different time zone, or Satellite cause SNL won't be on here for an hour and a half. Thanks for the heads up, I'll be sure to watch it.Cooper was the shit in "The Hangover".
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Therefore I think I'll pass on Prophecy. One of my favorite bear moments is that old Simpsons episode with the Bear Patrol bit at the beginning, that was funny.
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..a few years back, at ComicCon, they had a Golden Compas booth where they took a picture of people with "the bear". Kinda cool, and free.
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The closest I've come to that at a Con is Marina Sirtis a few years ago, but they were charging like $20, so no thanks, I'll get my photo ops when they dont gouge me. And Lou Ferrigno no-showed, I guess he was busy with all the guest-starring in sitcoms.
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Do you go every year? Last year I spotted Joss Whedon, chatted with him for a bit and a picture. Nice guy to talk to.Also, this year Cameron is supposed to be there with maybe a teaser or something from AVATAR.
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All aspects of Transformers Special effects are ruined by Bays trademark directing style and his direct involvement with the Transformers designs being breathless, confused, disconnected, discontinuous, discordant, disjointed, disordered, dumb, faltering, inarticulate, incohesive, incomprehensible, incongruous, inconsistent, indistinct, indistinguishable, irrational, jumbled, maundering, muddled, muffled, mumbling, mute, muttered, puzzling, rambling, stammering, stuttering, tongue-tied*, uncommunicative, unconnected, uncoordinated, uneven, unvocal, and wandering.Maybe if Bay's designs didn't have 50,000 different moving parts and were clearly visible on the screen for more than two seconds at a time they might have got a Oscar. If they didn't have 50,000 different parts they wouldn't have been so expensive and could have more screen time or wide shots.
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I should have been more clear. It was just here in Montreal. There's always these small quarterly comic cons with the usual local people and one big guest like David Finch or whoever, they've yet to have someone I'm actually a fan of. But one year (maybe 5-6 years ago) they did a "big" 3 day sci-fi/comic con with a bunch of famous people invited, like Sirtis and I dont remember who else. It was such a hit they never did it again. I hope one day I get to go to San Diego or one of the other big ones, just to experience it once.
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Your native country is Canada? My Grandparents and Parents are from that neck of the woods.My best autographs: I won a signing from Spiderman 3, we went into a room, they gave us a teaser sheet and we went down a row and had it signed by: Sam Raimi, Tobey McGuire, Kirsten Dunst, Bryce Dallas Howard, Topher Grace and Thomas Hayden Church. All by pure Luck!!!
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http://tinyurl.com/b9nokl
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If the credits had rolled right after the end of the Bear fight it would have been an awesome film, because you would have left so pumped. But then it tries to be LOTR, Harry's Potter and 20 other kids films and fails horribly. Also the special effects sucked, they are no better then the Coke commercials from the early 90s.
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Suck and Fuck. Someone else has actually seen that movie? I've said that line 1,000 times on this site and you've never have chimed in, what a fucking weird movie.
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An oldie but a goody!!What do you think was going through that woman's mind when the bear attacked?Didn't see it but there was some nature Photographer and assistant living and filming bears and I think they got ripped to shit. Ever hear about it?
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The ban hammer exists and it's real, I know, I've recieved it many, many, many, many, many, many, many times.
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dum di dum, la la la la, hang on - what's - ? - (double take) WHAT THE FUCK??!? ATTACK!!!!!
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Never seen it. Any good? Recommend it?
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Then what? Do they let you back in, do you have to change your nick? What's involved? Inquiring minds.....
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and it's really funny to see the handler in the karate outfit try to get the bear in a headlock hahaha
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No not really. Just weird and creepy.
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...I would have Shat myself....and I don't mean Capn' Kirk!!!
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.....I haven't seen Compass, but Transformers effects are fucking horrid. They never once look like they share the same space with the humans. And how hard is it to CG indistinguishable blurry clumps of metallic surfaces?
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Because they couldn't get it right in Transformers
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That or Die Hard 4.0: Live Free Or Die Hard. Which had the better scene involving a semi-truck.
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I pretty much fucking hate those movies, but the visual effects are incredibly well done.
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Made it to the $1 theater. I just looked on Kids in mind website and Crank 2 is the first movie I've seen to get a 10-10-10 rating for Sex & Nudity, Violence & Gore, and Profanity. Can't wait to see it, shame I missed it in a good theater though.
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That is actually the only Pirates I liked, yeah it should have won. Well personally I think Die Hard 4.0: Live Free Or Die Hard still should have won...if they had fucking made it an R.
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I don't know what it is but definitely a hostile vibe out here tonight. I'm getting to old to be having guys yell at me on the sidewalk or glare at me when they walk by.
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If you needed another reason not to like Michael Bay, here it is:
http://tinyurl.com/qnjssx
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TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION!
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Yes it's true. No you wouldn't nec. know it from watching their movies-but there ya be. I liked the Giant Robots film and will this one too just because I'm like that and it has Giant Robots in it. Pretty simple. Big Red One I have a VHS of that, it's a good movie most certainly. Fuller was a trip himself by the way.
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Bart and Lisa get lost in the woods and come across a family of mountain folk and hillbillies. One particularly bearded and grizzled fellow tells the kids he married a bear. At which point this large and scary woman comes up behind him and goes "I keep telling you, I'm NOT a BEAR!" The bearded man just laughs it off and picks his hands up in a clawed and menacing position and mockingly says "Roar, roar, roar! No one understands you, She-Bear!" That last line has found its way into our everyday conversation for when someone says something the rest of us don't care for or when someone is telling us the obvious and nagging us to do something like take out the trash.
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Maybe if you weren't such a biased anti-Bay movie geek, I could take your opinions on the Transformers FX seriously.
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Maybe not. Yeah, its a very weird movie. Weird subject matter. But for an independent film, I thought it was pretty good and engaging. I was a bit scared of Chuck, wondering what he was going to do next, how far he would take it. And Chris Weitz did a pretty competent job acting in it. It also gets bonus points for featuring the actress who played Rosalita, the Mexican maid/helper in "The Goonies", in it as a casting director/stageplay producer.
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I think the Academy members might have felt Pirates 3 was just repeating itself a little bit, and I've always thought the award was given to films that had great effects, but also effects that pushed the boundary of what's possible on film a little bit further. I completely disagree with Danny on TF's FX, I thought they were integrated into the real-world environments extremely well. Just because Bay didn't shoot them the best way he could doesn't make the FX bad.
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Looked like it as I was driving from one wedding to another. Yeah, I'm the idiot who double-booked myself for two different weddings at the same time.
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I've seen it many times before growing up. But that clip on YouTube is weird, it seems to repeat itself, but feels totally organic when it does, like that's how the show first presented it.
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I like how the Bear's defense against the cougar's vicious onslaught is to just shake his head back and forth, heh.
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I like how the Bear's defense against the cougar's vicious onslaught is to just shake his head back and forth, heh. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7MuFDVEUro
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Was weird because in the end they totally turned out gay for each other, like you just thought School of Rock scribe was just a fucking crazy person, turns out he was not.
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...has a copy of Chuck and Buck. Check it out! Or, Ultraviolet was on SyFy last night and reminded me that Milla Jovovich was also in "The Fifth Element", so its a toss up!!
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I seem to remember John Frankenheimer denying it and then them doing some sort of DNA test and it came up negative.
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http://tinyurl.com/oqjo6l
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Apparently the DNA test was an out-moded one that was subject to testing flaws? I donno-- They certainly resemble each other for what it's worth. Yer guess as good as mine. Hey I finally saw Terminator Fore. Not bad! Pretty good F/X, some clunky acting, some goofy plotting, but overall I enjoyed it for what it was. Harold was full of it.
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If I wasn't so damn lazy today...
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What, Dom DeLouise and John Mellencamp duking it out---?
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All my roommates (except me and my beau) are in the process of moving out and seem to be replacing themselves with college-aged frat-folk who haven't had that youthful arrogance/entitlement beaten out of 'em yet.
I guess that's what we get for not affording a place w/o roommates. Or just for being dumb enough to live in San Francisco.
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Saw Terminator: Salvation. It is definitely not as bad as Harry made it out to be. Even though I agree with some of his criticisms, they somehow didn't really add up to the movie being bad.
I thought it could've benefited from some more blood-n-guts (so, R-rating I guess), more conversations (and more Yelchin, the only young actor to come out in recent memory that hasn't annoyed me), and maybe a better sense of where they were. I never had a good sense of where any one place was located relative to any other place.
Not really sure why Ron Howard's daughter had so much make up on, that seemed kind of weird....obviously a minor complaint.
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And GNR fucking rocked it! I said at the beginning of the movie, they should put some fucking Guns on the soundtrack. And they did! Good choice.
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Didn't really understand why they needed the Newt character. But oh well.
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as i said, i think it is a star maker for worthington, who owned the movie. i agree on the make up - i commented on it at the time for its weirdness.
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i thought it going to a maddona sex tape.
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i was going to mention that one before. i often say it to my missus.
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Yay, it is! That's the only other Bear clip from The Simpsons I could think of. Love it. "Gentle Ben, no!" Heheh. Love that "we'll be right back" card where a very caring and concerned looking Ben is holding that woman's hand.
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You're a she?
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What about Alice In Chains? The use of the T2 song in T4 was fine, but I think it took a lot away from why DGDB bitched about hating Star Trek. He said that he hated all the winks and nods to the orignal stuff like the Beam me up scotty, I'm a Doctor Jim, I've Given it all she's got but T4 was just as bad, if not worse because there stuff felt a lot more forced. Also I love how in the future if you play 10 seconds of a early 90's metal the robots will be on you in seconds, but you can have an all out battle and they don't even lift a finger.
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Even in the movie? What a nothing part. She added nothing to the plot of movie.
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Jun 07, 2009 10:16:32 PM CDT
Uhhhhh half the characters in Star Trek are unnecessary.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Chekov, Scotty, and Sulu were absolutely fucking pointless. Sulu exists so he can have a sword fight, wow.....And the inclusion of Nimoy was a bit more forced than Bale's delivery of "I'll Be Back." At least McG had the balls to try something different. Abrams did the exact same shit except the ship looks like a Mac Store.
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You got mad about them using the typical lines, and they did that shit in T4. Nothing in T4 was new? The closest thing to something new was a the giant Robot attack on the 7-11 that just appeared out of nowhere, I guess they don't have lookouts? Then it quickly became a rip off of the T3 chase. I guess not having a main lead was something new as well.
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Or are you still just copying and pasting Terminator complaints from other message boards?
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Why take over a franchise if your just going to change everything?....wait I had to go check to make sure T4 wasn't produced by Jon Peters. I mean T4 didn't deliver what people wanted from a Terminator film (PG-13) and it shows in the numbers. JJ did, and Star Trek was a much bigger gamble then Terminator.
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Jun 07, 2009 10:24:49 PM CDT
Your top 10 movies of all time are Pixar cartoons.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I wouldn't expect to agree with you on much. Star Trek and Terminator aren't really comparable in any way, so obviously we just like much different films.
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I enjoyed it, but I think your argument about how terrible Star Trek was is wrong, because a lot of what you hated in Star Trek, T4 did as well. They were almost the same fucking movie.
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Jun 07, 2009 10:28:21 PM CDT
Star Trek and Transformers will be the biggest films....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...of the year. Yay. That says so much about audiences! And T4 delivered exactly what I wanted out of a Terminator film, and thats all that really matters to me.
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It was fun and loud, literally it was the loudest movie I've ever seen. And my top ten movies of all time are not all Pixar Cartoons, just Toy Story is my number 1 mainly because it is the only true revolutionary movie to come out in my life time. I think I liked T4 and Star Trek about the same, but when I left T4 the shit they did wrong bothered me more. I don't think either movie will hold up on second viewing.
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But I don't think your three or four times viewing in a theater is going to be enough to warrant a continuation of the trilogy. And I'm sorry when it comes to summer movies numbers means everything.
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T4 is basically a quest film, while Star Trek is 10% poor man's Star Wars and the rest is recycled Star Trek stock scenarios with shiny white sets, a pussy villain, a generic score, and the shameful inclusion of an old man that can't act. I don't see any similarities to Terminator.
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Terminator gave you want you wanted, I guess you haven't seen Independence Day or T3 in a while, neither have I. But Star Trek didn't? That is what I don't get about your Star Trek hate? What the fuck did you want from that movie?
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.....as far as continuing the trilogy. I'm just saying people keep throwing Terminator jabs at me like its going to affect my viewing experience. I don't understand that. What other people expected out of it I can give a fuck about. They wanted it to be more like the other films, but in my opinion 4 is the strongest film of the franchise, so their arguments don't really mean much to me.
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In that they are reboots of stale old franchises, aiming at making them accessible to a new generation. And in doing so recycling enough of the old stuff to please the fans of the originals, and keeping with similar themes of the original series. They are both action films, and if Star Trek is a poor mans Star Wars (though I guess you say that because they are set in space?) then T4 is a poor cool mans version of T3 so says Commons sunglasses at night.
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Jun 07, 2009 10:34:24 PM CDT
I wanted Star Trek to include likable characters,
by dannyglovers_dickblood
a sense of adventure, and a high fun factor.Thats it. I got none of those.
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Jun 07, 2009 10:36:34 PM CDT
No I say that because of Hoth, Mos Eisley Cantina.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
.....old wise man in the cloak saving young kid from a monster, planet destroying weapon, and the entire design of the space battles looking identical to the prequels.
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I don't get why you hated Star Trek so bad, like really I can see why you like T4 is a fine summer escape movie. I haven't seen the old ones since probably over ten years ago or when T3 was in theaters (I think I feel asleep when I rented it). Like I left Star Trek and T4 feeling the same. And your comments about why Star Trek sucked just didn't make sense. If you just want to say Star Trek sucks because you think the whole Star Trek idea is stupid, that's fine. But you got all nit picky about it like you went to go see some bad ass space adventure and what you got was Wing Commander the movie.
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The Star Trek characters were a lot more likable then T4. But its whatever. I enjoyed both movies, while I think I like Star Trek more just because I wasn't sitting there trying to remember what movie I had already seen that scene from. Sure maybe Star Trek took similar ideas from Star Wars, but T4 stole WHOLE SCENES from other movies, even the way they filmed them. I almost thought that during that plane flight scene they had pulled a Jag and just inserted the ID4 clip in the movie.
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....the trailer had me convinced I could like this world. But I was just reminded of everything I hate about it. It was the exact same shit. I don't even understand why I hated it to so much. I agree-- it does seem like it should just be more of a mediocre reaction. But the more time goes by and the more I think about the missed opportunity to truly do something great......the more I seem to despise that piece of shit.
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Jun 07, 2009 10:41:52 PM CDT
Star Trek characters tried to be more likable than T4.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I agree. I didn't go into T4 wanting the same things. Its not a world that really breeds likable. But Kyle Reese was surprisingly likable, especially considering I wanted to beat his fucking face in in Star Trek.
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Unrelated to this, but about T4. Do you think Arnold got any money for his "likeness" in the movie? Like depending on how long his face was in movie he got so many millions? Because they burnt the shit out of his skin really fast.
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Jun 07, 2009 10:43:22 PM CDT
Stealing entire plot point is a bigger deal.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
.....than the look of action scene looking similar. There are tons of action scenes in films that are basically the same. There's only a limited amount of action scenarios. Of course they are gonna be slightly rehashed. I'm talking story....not action scenes.
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Jun 07, 2009 10:44:39 PM CDT
I think they burned him fast just cause they were....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....pressed for time. But of course he got paid for his likeness. I don't think it was millions, but it was probably a damn good amount for basically doing nothing.
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Just don't like Star Trek, the idea behind it. Have you liked any of the other movies or shows? I understand not liking Star Trek, I really thought only Generations was the only good series and that the original stuff was crap (mainly because it was old). But I had insomnia one summer and was going to bed at like 4 in the morning and that was when TV Land was showing old Star Trek and I watched it, that or girls gone wild videos or cash to gold ads and I began to really like the old stuff.
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Jun 07, 2009 10:47:30 PM CDT
And I don't think the Star Trek idea is stupid.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I actually think the large concept and the Federation and all that is a cool premise. I really enjoy reading about Star Trek shit on wikipedia. From what I've seen-- no one has done the concept justice. It has the potential to be something truly great-- but for some reason no one can pull that off and it always ends up feeling generic and made for tv like.
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like he got so much money per second he was on the screen or something. These are always the things I wish I could find out about a movie, like during the commentary McG said we burned him so fast because Arnold wanted a million dollars for every second he was on screen or something. That is why I hate commentary's because its usually shit like, oh here is where we filmed the scene with the Arnold cast and then we had McDonlds for lunch. Just boring shit.
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Make is a movie about another race then humans. Like a Ferengi tale or something. That would be cool, until they do that they are just going to do comfort stuff that fans like. Which is fine for me as well. Man a Q movie where he fucks with someone other then humans would be bad ass as well, like if Q fucked with the Borg that would be cool.
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....I know with lesser celebrities when they show a picture or a flashback scene or whatever-- its usually just a flat fee.
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To get over the gayness of Dr. Horrible's blog that I can't get out of my head I will see Crank 2 this week. Something tells me that I will be glad I saw that after T4 and Star Trek, so I at least had a chance to enjoy those movies.
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But it makes you feel kinda weird afterward. I felt dizzy. And then...suddenly....I was erect.
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Just went off during a commentary and ranted and raved about how he hated everything and everyone. Like once I got far enough from a movie I would make a riff tracks like commentary about all the fucked up shit that happened.
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Jun 07, 2009 10:54:36 PM CDT
I have no problem with Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Gayness
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Joss created Firefly/Serenity, which gives him a lifetime pass for cocksucking.Gulp.
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Did you see UP yet?
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The Run of War Machine right now. Its fucking complete bad ass. Like its so awesome right now there is no way Don Cheadle is going to make War Machine remotely cool. Also the most recent issues cover is obviously a take on the new T4 poster.
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My Year Of Flops? Its pretty interesting reviews of movies that failed. http://www.avclub.com/features/my-year-of-flops/
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I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. It was really MUCH much funnier than I expected.
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After Ratatouille, I dunno if I'll ever sit through one of their films again. I'm always meaning to see Wall-E, but the more people talk about it the less interesting it sounds. It went from sounding like a unique concept, to sounding like more Pixar stock material.
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....all AVCLUB shit is top notch. Those dudes and dudettes do great work.
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But not as much as Well-E. Wall-E does have good adventure and sense of Wonder. I would say Up for the first half is an amazing movie, not typical. The second half turns into an adventure movie, it is by far the saddest movie they've done. I really want to see how much merchandise they make from it, because so far I've seen very little, just a make your own t-shirt at Disney Store that I am going to do.
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Jun 07, 2009 11:08:44 PM CDT
Yeah what fucking character would a kid want?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
The old man, or the hideous fat kid? And seriously....that fat kid is supposed to be Asian? What the fuck is up with that?
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In the movie, also you are going to see tons of Up houses on Christmas trees this year. It would just be cool to see a kid movie that doesn't make a majority of its money on toys.
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I think was an attempt to break stereotypes. I guess he was Asian American. Like it was never fully explained about his dad. Did his dad leave them or die? And did his mother leave him? Because there is a lady for him at the end.
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Certain type of money....gibbon maybe?
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To start the revolution. Maybe you'll like Wall-E that way.
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I don't wish any celebrity to be horribly disfigured in a fire more than I do that arrogant, self-serving jackass.
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http://tinyurl.com/l6hsmu
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Maybe it was because Wolverine was so bad that people got no excuse to bitch about Star Trek and T4.
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Seriously....what fucking Asians were the white bread Pixar guys looking at?
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Is that Daniel Craig?
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Jun 07, 2009 11:46:26 PM CDT
I don't see why people take Pratt seriously....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
.....his whole character is fucking hilarious. Especially as a back up dancer in that MMA rap video. Did you hear that shit when he freaked out on celebrity jungle show and said "I'm not a reality star, I'm just a character." The fact that people think he is a real guy is about as funny as people thinking the Emimen walk out thing wasn't staged.
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I didn't read the url. Haha. Thats kick ass.
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I thought that was obvious in the first trailer?
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Female friends b-day is coming up - she loves Daniel Craig. Now I know what to get her.
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Jun 07, 2009 11:54:26 PM CDT
Really? He just looks like a fat white kid with dark hair.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
No one I knew realized he was Asian until I told them. I read it in the review where the reviewer was surprised to find out as well.
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And just looked at the Black Dynamite TB. So Scott Sanders went to your class and talked. Did he mention his DJ career?
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Jun 07, 2009 11:58:22 PM CDT
I'm watching The Last Templar with Mira Sorvino...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...its pretty damn good. Very well shot. I love this archaeologist genre and Mira looks fine as hell in khakis.
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Stupid brain.
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I know they all claim that they are nothing like the personality they portray on TV, but these guys aren't actors so I think we do see a little bit of there real personality on TV. To quote Kurt Vonnegut "You are you who you pretend to be."
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It sounds like something you pay extra for at the Mustang Ranch.
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But I'm speaking of the specifics. Like people getting outraged when he says "I'm gonna be the white Jay-Z."
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This years RUSTY TROMBONE!!!
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So are you saying I'm really a 13 year old Inuit girl on the cusp of womenhood?
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Have you had your first period yet?
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I only sluff off excess uterine lining when I post on IMDB.
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Gahh-just got back from Istanbul, and I'm watchin "Hitman" with the sound off...
I'm thinking hey-it ain't that bad-a cruddy knock off of James Bond in *eastern europe*
And then I get pissed off about the nudie scene at the Galena Tower.
For fuck's sake, a dumb ass tatted and pierced natasha throwing a cigarette off of a balcony would get her ass kidnapped and the "hitman" would have way more trouble up his ass than anything in a heartbeat.
Fuck, that shit was wrong...
Istanbul is NOT *eastern europe*, fucking stupid wiki reading bastard movie producers basing their shit movies about video games.
The turks are cool and very friendly, up to a point, but that shit is laughably naive to think running gun battles would last more than 2 minutes in their dojo.
-Venting,
MLB -
This was messy over the weekend.
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How's things in the Empire?
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I've got no beef with you, if you want to war with Danny, then that's fine. My complaint is that you should at least have the good grace to apologise for the generalisation above, and instead you've done it again. I'm usually civil to most people, sure I'm an opinionated asshole, and argumentative to boot- whereas you've lumped us all in to your war with Danny twice in 2 days. I don't care about your argument. Keep me out of it, and please at least have the courtesy to not include us all in those posts. It's insulting. Me and Droid tend to get on with most people, sure there are some that I dislike (zfisk's incarnations, AnimalStructure's incarnations, AsimovLives, Messi, Coughlin's), but they're all extremist trolls- I don't however go into the comic book TB and en masse label everyone in it because I dilike Messi. There's no need for that type of shit. Keep me, droid, xi etc out of your personal argument. That's only courtesy.
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England nearly got dumped out of the cricket world cup, but seem to have scraped through. Australia look like getting turfed though. Which is really, really funny.
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I was really let down by Funhouse after a shining opening, it just went wrong.
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sorry.
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I would hump wahtsherfacesbones in the Nursing home in a second just to show proper respect for her sexiness
Even sexier in "The Fog"-which is John carpenters other movie that stands up through the mist of time
-MLB
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Speaking as a comic git-yes the first swamp Thing is the utter and ultimate desecration of probably Alan moore's most coherent scriptwork...
However, the movie rules, what with the character actor guy gettin all exploded and whatnot...
Gahh what is it...
Adrienne Barbeu?
Somethin like that?
She can still look me up on craigs list anytime
-mlb
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Umm sorry for the spam swoop,
but the BB finale was epically gnarly.
It does not need...
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If you are then I agree, 10 years ago. Today not so much.Ah who the hell am I kidding? I still would just to say I nailed Adrienne Barbeau even if she's like 70.
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That might make Chipps take a drink and Droid will be pissed.
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star trek was slapstick fun, and most of the 'winking' scenes worked. t4 was a good action movie and a good addition to the cannon (except for one scene)
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EFNY, Big Trouble, The Thing, The Fog, Halloween, Assault on Precinct 13. Honourable mention to Starman, They Live, Dark Star and Prince of Darkness.
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The Barabarians aren't England Chipps- they're a club side that happens to be able to invite some great players to play for them. Fair do's to Oz for beating them, but it's nowt to do with us. We were busy thrashing Argentina.
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incorporating the best players from around the world (that agree to play). so the should have the best players that arn't from a certain country, but they obviously lack cohesion.
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It's today. Australia need a huge win or they're dumped out. Because the West Indies (that Droid was adamant are shit) hammered them.
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andrew symonds. but seriously, dumping a queenslander for having some beers and watching our victory of nsw in the origin - that is just unaustralian.
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Lewsey and Corry featured against Oz, and neither of them is anywhere near the England side- in fact, both retired.
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He is a twat though.
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after all, the team was captained by an aussie.
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he's some fucking player.
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needed more ninjas.
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... at least, not at the short game.
Chris Gayle smashed Aussie's pedestrian pace attack.
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he's a throwback to the days when it was acceptable to be a fat degenerate stripper-shagging alkie and still represent your country.
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who certainly isn't pedestrian. The rest of them are a huge "meh" though.
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Fantastic on the job.
Perfect combination.
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which, I suppose, is why we put up with our prize tools like Botham and Flintoff (and even KP) as well.
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... makes for great sport.
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judging on how "good" both sides are. NOt to mention how many tools are in both sides.
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... the IQ of the Australian side has risen sharply - but the the chance of unexpected fireworks has plummeted.
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There were a couple of decent action moments in T4 but overall it was very, very poor. I much preferred Star Trek, but maybe that's because I'm more invested in the Terminator universe whereas I'm not fussed which way Star Trek goes.
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that man is a legend to all big fat idiots that they too, can fuck 2 hookers without having to pay.
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GIANT PIG!
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My class was "The Business of the Business" and my professor tried to bring in various members of the movie industry with ties to UNC to come and speak to our class. Scott Sanders came representing directors. Jeb Stuart (The Fugitive) came in representing screenwriters. My professor even got Alan Horn, president and CEO of Warner Bros to come speak based on their previous work history together. That was a big coup, though I didn't completely realize it at the time. Anyway, Scott Sanders came and I remember being a bit disappointed because I had never heard of him, and we had Peyton Reed, another UNC graduate, who had just directed "Bring It On" a few years before. But Sanders was very cool, and he did work on the Charles S. Dutton sitcom "Roc" (which I enjoyed as a kid), and his short film involving (if I'm remembering correctly) mistaken identities and hired thieves was pretty good. Unfortunately, I don't remember him ever mentioning he was also a DJ going by the name of Suckapunch.
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Why didn't I notice the resemblance?
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What was The Shining opening? I thought it was a Halloween/Psycho opening. Or are we talking about 2 different Funhouse flicks here?
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I thought you meant the opening was like The Shining, not that you were using "shining" as an adjective like "Good".
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damn it. At least we've a new twitch soon.
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I just felt it fizzled out and they revealed the freak far too early. Also, it suffered from what Mrs. Jarv calls "Blair Witch syndrome" where the main characters just wonder in circles when the way out is obvious.
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So it's been an interesting few days on here.Speaking of war movies, has anyone ever watched 84 Charlie Mopic? It came out 20 years ago and was shot like a documentary and was really ahead of it's time as it used the whole shaky cam thing to great effect.Watched He's Just Not That Into You on the weekend. Talk about an uncomfortable movie. You married or serious relationship guys must avoid watching this with the significant other. I was squirming for half the movie.I think one of the best scenes in Thin Red Line is when Cusack leads a group of men to take a pillbox. That scene is shot with so much tension I think I actually ripped off an arm rest in the theater.The Hangover did over $40M at the box office? Wow, who saw that coming?Brett Michaels of Poison fame got knocked out by a prop at the Tony Awards last night. I could watch that all day.Microsoft's new search engine is called Bing? That's the stupidest f'n thing I've ever heard.Vader, I wish Jon and Kate would just die. You should have taken them out when you were on set.
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Later than I expected anyway. And like I said either up above or in the previous Twitch, his design was far scarier and more believable than I expected. I thought he'd just be a Jason/Quasimodo ripoff. But, regarding the missus' criticism, I bought the idea that they couldn't find their way out. I don't think they ever tried the "walk the path until you get to the front door or back door" idea, but I'm sure those gates would have been locked too.
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Well, sick of Kate anyway. That bitch deserves all the pain and strife that's coming her way. She's just a rude, ignorant, mean-spirited hypocrite and belittles everyone- friends, family, fans- around her. Jon's cool though. Or he was anyway. Dunno what he's like now that he's been completely deadened by his wife, brought back to life by a 20-something yr old girl, and then caught by the paparazzi. Either way, I'm sick of all the attention the show is getting now too.
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that's rubbish.
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Verhoeven described the character as an "American Jesus." Thank you Paul.
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I mean really, they're set for life. Cameras and personal life in the public eye aside, I don't know how you couldn't deal with that for a few years and appreciate it.Who here wouldn't sell their soul for that kind of dosh?
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The reveal comes very, very early- pretty much as soon as he kills the fortune telling woman. He is an excellent piece of design, nonetheless.
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I would think a lot more than that for the family as a whole. I was just reading one of those skanks on The Hills make 65k per show. And Jon and Kate bring in far bigger ratings.
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Jun 08, 2009 9:40:46 AM CDT
I have a friend going to the Black Dynamite Funktacular in LA
by d.vader
Its a party for the premiere of Black Dynamite at the LA Film Festival. Looks like it will have a live performance of the musical score by the composer and music with DJ Suckapunch (the writer/director). Saw this on Facebook. Looks like the black guy with blue eyes from Dodgeball is attending. He's on Facebook too but he won't let me look at his profile.
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it's on the DVD I have- it's a reference to the bit the MPAA had cut- where he's kneeling with his hands in crucifix position and he gets one of them blown off. Verhoeven's great.
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"I wanted to make Jesus fighting Satan." --Paul Verhoeven
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But the reveal actually comes later, after he's killed the gypsy woman. He leaves to get his dad, the group of teenagers check to see if the woman is dead, and then go on looking for another way out. They end up back in the same place they started. The reveal happens after the freak's shown his dad the body and he realizes the money is missing. Dad thinks his son stole it somehow and the freak goes nuts, tearing up everything in the room. Then he takes off his mask and makes that horrible screaming sound.
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Since it was already 9, and I was tired as hell, I threw in Tigerland since it's the shortest war movie I own and because I've never seen it.I thought it was okay. Nothing spectacular or earth shattering, but I thought Colin was okay in it. It was great when he was pummeling the shit out of Wilson and had to be yanked off him. If it wasn't so late for me, I would have thrown in The Thin Red Line. Or A Bridge too Far.As it was, my oldest daughter woke me up at 12:30 and 4 in the morning. Me being away those two days at the hospital really freaked her out. However, she's wiping me out here. Then at 6 am the little one was hungry, so I fed her.Coffee saving me right now...
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Jun 08, 2009 9:52:40 AM CDT
Keep in mind, that $70K doesn't involve the extras
by hawaiian organ donor
Everything is paid for I hear: food, gas, bills, vacations, fun money. So imagine someone is paying you $70K every couple weeks but you don't have to spend a penny of it as they also take care of all your expenses. So really, it's probably closer to them earning 6 figures a show.I'm not much for DVD commentaries but I think Verhoeven gives the best you'll hear because he's so goddamn passionate. And he's insightful and funny as hell to boot.
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Jun 08, 2009 9:56:32 AM CDT
Everything is paid for on most of those shows.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....I have no problem with that. TLC should bring in record ratings and not compensate the people responsible?
Even though Kate is going fucking insane-- the show is more entertaining than any other so-called reality bullshit. And it does seem to be the least scripted. But I haven't seen it in about a year. So maybe it has changed. But in a world where whores can party and fuck random guys and make 70-100k an episode on MTV, I'm fine with a couple with a bunch of kids making cash as well. -
Because it comes pretty fast in the version I saw- the freak goes to get his dad (wearing frankenstein mask), kids go downstairs, steal cash. They realise Freak's returning and scarper upstairs. Dad and Freak have a row, freak starts slapping himself and mask comes off. It's only about 10 minutes in total from him killing the fortune teller. That's still relatively early in the film
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The scene with Redford and his men crossing the river puts my stomach in knots. Of all the pre-80s war movies, I think that's my favorite.
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They just appear to be ungrateful as hell is my beef. I mean, right now with my family we're tailor made for TV. We've got everything going on. And if I could be on TV for a season or two and earn enough that I could quit my job and work for myself, I'd sign up immediately.
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I think Cornelius Ryan wrote it.
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If you listen to interviews with them (prior to affair scandal) they go on and on about how blessed they are to have this opportunity. Jon said he wanted to quit last year, but he continued to set aside more for his kid's future. They are grateful. I think people jump to hating people on tv too quickly. Out of all of them-- these people seem decent.
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I picked up a bunch of freebies (all kinds of Juicy Juice) but I remember Kate paid for it herself. That was then, though. I'm sure its all changed now.
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Kate paid for the rest, I mean. The non-freebie stuff.
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I'm not interesting enough to be filmed. And I don't think they pay that well here.
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TV deliberately sets up hate figures. It keeps the audience interested- for example: My Sweet 16 is just an exercise in orwellian 2 minute hate.
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And I won't make them the target of my rant today. I guess I'm just bitter as life is expecting me to make my own successes though hard work of which I'm averse to.
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that's sad.
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I feel like that as well.
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I'm not saying a pleasant person. Yeah, she looks like an asshole. I'm saying she still seems more worthy of existence than 98% of people on reality shows.
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....in a minute.
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I know first hand. If you were replying to me.
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....until you cream pie them. I learned that many years ago.
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Its filled with idiots who are discussing and debating non-SG topics and getting into arguments about them. Fools.
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How I despise that piece of shit.
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But I have two terminally ill alcoholic parents, a bi-polar brother who gets my house involved in a restraining order, a Buddhist control freak wife whose busting of my balls would delight female audiences and myself contemplating adultery which would delight the male audience. So tell me, how could that show fail?So the David Carradine thing has unleashed bios of other celebrities who hung themselves. The lead singer from Big Country hung himself in a hotel room too. Big Country! Why? They put out arguably one of the best songs of the 80s and this is their memory?
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Did you ever see any signs of infidelity back then? Did they have that James Brolin lookin' motherfucker bodyguard? Did Jon ever send you out to buy a large box of panty liners? Upholstery cleaner? Anything out of the ordinary?
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It would be far too painful. But I'm confident others would. You need to pitch TLC.
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If anyone wants to know why I think the North of England is a shithole- they've managed to get 2 Fascist MEP's. Ignorant bastards.
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My show would make viewers appreciate their lives, even if they were watching it through window while standing on a dumpster wearing a burlap sack and holding a rat on a stick over an open flame.
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....you could live in the North of England.
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because I wouldn't want to see someone I like being shat on like that. There's plenty of Schadenfreude indulging douchebags that would though.
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My first day of work, Kate nagged and nagged and nagged Jon constantly. So much so that throughout the day, it seemed the running gag was that everytime Jon walked past me he would lean in and quietly say "Don't get married; don't have kids." He said that a lot that day. Also, later in the year, during a field trip, Kate was so mean to him that he walked off saying "Season 4- Kate Plus 8!" implying he was leaving. So, signs of infidelity? No. Signs of extreme unhappiness? Yes. And yeah, the Kiwi bodyguard was working with them when I was on the show. I never saw him though; at the time he only accompanied them on trips out of state. Actually, I take that back. I did see him and his wife at the big wrap party. But when J&K went out in public, like to the mall to get some shopping done, etc, he wasn't with them. I dunno how often he's there nowadays. Seems like he's in every photo. As for being sent on strange errands, I'm sure there was at least one. I'm trying to remember... Kate had a very complicated Starbucks order. I do remember that.
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Seriously, move to a council estate in liverpool and you could pitch that idea to endemol in seconds.
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I just don't think its comparable to someone like Audrina Patridge or all the crack whores on Rock of Love. Thats what I mean when I say they are J & K seem decent compared to the rest.
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Jun 08, 2009 10:46:45 AM CDT
David Carradine had some fun times with burlap sacks.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
And one incident did actually involve a rat. Bobo didn't make it out alive that day. :(
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was having to find a different shaped glass for a fucking has-been to drink his "evian" (straight from the tap) out of. It was ridiculously difficult, but more than that it was unbelievably irritating. Where the fuck do you get a hexagonal glass? and does it really matter.
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Fucking sex maniacs.
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this is a fact. look at Big Brother now in it's 10th year. Awful shite,.
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look up Katie and Peter in America. Google "Jordan" and "Peter Andre". It's gruesome because they're breaking up on camera, and they are the most shallow narcissitic pair of wankers on the planet. I've met him several times, and can actually confirm that he's a bigger cunt than he appears to be on the show
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....killed this fucking TB.
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it's horrible.
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....so she's cool with me. And she looks clean. Not a drip.http://tinyurl.com/kpoymw
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Jun 08, 2009 11:11:29 AM CDT
Robbie Williams could kick this guy's fucking ass.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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and a nasty cunt, and a horrid selfish cunt, and an ungrateful cunt. In fact, he's a complete and utter cunt.
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Jun 08, 2009 11:17:14 AM CDT
Jarv, I'm not feeling your thoughts on Peter Andre
by hawaiian organ donor
Can you cut through all the mumbo jumbo and tell us how you really feel?
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Not that boring donger Sam Worthington.
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...he puts on a hell of a show and he's funny as hell.
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heh. If you ever want to meet really unlikable, pampered tosspots, then get a job in the Music Industry.
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To be fair to fattie Williams, he's nuts so we let him off.
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Jun 08, 2009 11:42:03 AM CDT
Robbie Williams actually put out a couple decent discs
by hawaiian organ donor
I don't know this Peter Andre bloke though.The one day I'm posting like the old days and the crew is mostly MIA. Figures.
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I'm the most workshy of us all. To be absolutely 100% fair to Blobbie, when he had his tunes written by whatshisname, then he did perfectly passable pop. The first album especially. It's since he fired the guy, and his ego and waistline went out of control, that's when his true cuntishness surfaced. Really Robbie? An album of Sinatra covers? Are you fucking nuts?
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Love that Barry White sample.
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was a blip in an otherwise downward spiral. I'm going to check when it was, because I think it was one of the last ones written by whatshisname.
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"relevance" which is particularly funny when I'm looking for an old Robbie Williams track
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And he did write it.
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....thats all I know. Groovy use of that bass line. And I like the video when he is tearing off his flesh at a roller rink.
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Knew it.
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here- it's a great video.
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It's been emotional.
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I had to vist my friend google to learn abou idjits I could care less about. I am proud of my ignoranceA Bridge Too Far was written by Cornelius Ryan. Great book and one of the few movies that is equal to the source material. Watching those big, sprawling, epic films of the 60's and 70's makes me hate the current 88 minute shitfest made for mongoloids today.
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Didn't realize he had bloated up.This day is dragging.
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How about them D-backs and Mets Xi?
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just realized I'm out of beer.Fuck me.
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And to top it off, it's a beautiful sunny day out there. And I'm stuck here.
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I don't know the people this group talks about half the time.And I miss big, sprawling epics.
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last week. Which were completely unnecessary, not to say some of the people who got whacked didn't deserve it.Hey, about eliminating phones...company cars...bonuses for the big jerk offs...yeah, yeah, I know, never happen.
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I would NOT want to watch your show either, for the reason Jarv said.I seriously hope life decides to do a switcheroo on you and some good luck swings your way my friend.
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Jun 08, 2009 12:17:36 PM CDT
By the way, that Harry animation has a HORRIBLE Will Ferrell
by d.vader
I finally realized today that the Art Garfunkle look alike is actually supposed to be Will Farrell from Land of the Lost. Except he looks anorexic. Absolutely terrible likeness.
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time to get off the net again.On a positive note, my baby pillowette did her best impression of Dr. Evil this morning after her feeding. Had her little pinky held up to her mouth.
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Jun 08, 2009 12:18:53 PM CDT
Vader, who is your friend that is going to the Funktacular?
by continentalop
Maybe I'l bump into him - especially if "he" is a she and good looking.
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Finally figured that out last night after days of wondering what the fuck that was supposed to be. I thought it was Andy Griffith.
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Jun 08, 2009 12:21:58 PM CDT
Continentalop -- what if he has a nice long wig....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
......and knows how to apply his eye shadow? I've met some dudes in L.A. with remarkably smooth skin.
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I don't watch any of those shows but the only reason I know most of the names is because of osmosis. I work in Hollywood, so you think people out here with have better taste, but no. They like crap too.
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can he tuck in the candy. If "he" can, then we'll see were the night takes us.
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Don't ever get on an airplane with me. I doom all flights with either bad weather or mechanical problems. Coming back fron Africa massive frost and freeze in Germany. I was in Washington State last weeek rain delay, Today Tampa Florida and fucking wrath of god thunderstorms. Look, big dude in the sky, I realize I'm on a bullet train to hell when I kick but could you not strand me airports before hand, is that to much to ask? Thanks buddy.JPT both teams are not exactly exhibiting winning tendenacies at the moment. I want the Dbacks to trade everbody except for six guys, fire the coaching staff and find decent owners. It's not much to ask I realize but it's a start.
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That is progressive thinking.
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God job. I got a new job so I'll be able to help out more during the week, well at least once this trainning is over.
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I love his music. I really like his most recent cd, including his remake of Bongo King. I think he needs to do the next bond song.
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Sucks he had like one hit.
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Did you recently move to LA? I don't remember you ever speaking about it before. Or are you just opening up more to the group? In that case feel free to email me any sensitive images of your ex-girlfriends for review.
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Really who cares about this? That and Octomom, are proof that people are complete idiots and don't really care about getting stupider.
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Where do I apply for one of those?
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As for sensitive images of my ex-girl friends, which type do you like. Big tit blonds or young asian girls? I seem to have quite a collection of photos.
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Jon and Kate. What I found was an article about Octomom telling Kate to stop talking shit!
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I always forget about the two years I moved back to Minneapolis.
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Jun 08, 2009 12:42:53 PM CDT
The Hangover did over $40M at the box office? Wow, who saw that
by series7
Me, that movie had gold written all over it. Good trailer, funny scenes, kind of known funny men. No one likes Will Farrell anymore, everyone loves Old School. There hasn't been a funny movie out since...Tropic Thunder?
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and otherwise impeccable womanish grooming are my favorite. Keeps things interesting. Or makes for a walking "fuck you." Either way, it takes balls (ha ha ha)...
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So did Vader. We both thought it was funny.
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Fuck. I'm not really into either. I like slender brunettes, curvy redheads, or wide assed Assyrians girls.
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9 months. Its been brutal and this is not really the job I wanted, its like a 40 min commute. But its better then part time loading vending machines.
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I haven't seen it yet, but I will try this week. I want to see it since I saw the first trailer. Also Bradly and the office guy were on every late show pimping it.
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And he's Asian too. Went to school with him. He shoots for John and Kate now.
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...I've never really understood why people pay to see comedies in the theater. I can't think of the last one I saw.
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Damn, that is a great movie.
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We came in late the first time and missed that awesome action scene and fake commercials in the begining.
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http://tinyurl.com/pjng9w
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You said Fury was on TMC, I thought you meant The Movie Channel. Just checked TV Guide and it was on TCM instead. Damnit. coulda been watching that instead of CNN Headline News for the past few repetitive hours!
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I took half day off, for new AC installation. HOD, I would not watch your TV show either, but at least you have a bi-polar brother and not a suicidal chow!
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Never seen it but seen the Big Heat. Is it Lang week this week? Because its on tonight.
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There is a lot of good stuff on TCM this week. Kagemusha, Red Beard, Maltese Falcon, The treasure of SM.
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Jun 08, 2009 2:10:15 PM CDT
Without you guys watching my show, what's the point
by hawaiian organ donor
I guess I'll just have to pretend like there are cameras on me and the family at all times.I think the last comedy (and I use that term loosely) I saw in the theater was Meet The Parents. If it ain't big and explosion-y I save it for home.Congrats on the job Series.
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I've seen it like a hundred times, but every time I land on it I end up watching it. Mostly for Claude Raines and Bogart banter.
"And remember, this gun is pointed right at your heart."
"That is my LEAST vulnerable spot. "
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I'm distracted over here, but I will aim to be more careful in saying the right channel from now on.
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Ah yes, its TCM's month of "Great Directors". D-Day was Spielberg night and they played Saving Private Ryan, The Sugarland Express, and Duel until dawn. I've never heard of TCM playing Red Beard; I'm looking forward to that.
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They even played The Twonky, which I unfortunately missed, Hopefully they pay it again soon. I've wanted to see that ever since i read about it in Quint's AMAD column.
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...you ever been to The Magic Castle? Someone gave me passes....thinking of going.
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My ex girlfriend's father does up-close magic as a hobby and said he could get me in if I wanted. Damn, I never did take him up on that offer.
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Is showing The Party and Mean Streets! I've been wanting to see those forever.
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....formal attire? Oh go fuck yourself.
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I used to literally live right across from it. Been there twice. To be honest, it is kind of cheesy and the food isn't that great - just typical steak dinner kind of thing - but it still was kind of fun. I think the big Holidays are probably the better time to hit it - I went once on a New Year's Eve - but if you've got tickets I would definitely go. They are kind of hard to come by.
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Just curious (don't worry, I won't stalk you - yet).
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Hoping to get back sometime soon.
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I'll go with some buddies half fucked up already. But I'm reading around and there's a door charge if you're not with a member? Fuuuuuuuuuuuck.
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I don't remember paying a door charge. I'm trying to remember if the girl I went with was a member, but I don't think she was.
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I think rent prices are finally starting to go down. I think they'll bottom out at the end of the year.
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CELEBRITY WATER BOARDING.
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http://tinyurl.com/kv5v5w
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God I want a shot at directing the Carradine Bio film. Fucking-A.
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a movie/ documentary called 'The True Glory' from 1945. It was distributed by the U.S. Office of War Information & The Ministry Of Information and photographed by combat cameramen.It covers the last year of WWII edited into a 90 minute compilation of newsreels. Excellent film. Harrowing at times, particularly the coverage of the Allies reaching a Concentration Camp. That broke me up a bit. I haven't seen that footage before; it defies description. Going to haunt me for some time...But, yeh, if you ever see 'The True Glory' floating around television land, tune in. Interesting and informative.
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Don't blame me. I voted UKIP!
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Blatant propaganda from WWII but def. worth watching just for the cliche shots of Chinese/British/Russian etc artillery times firing away. Always seems to be the money shot they toss in. Claude Rains in Casablanca is golden. "Here are your winnings sir-" "Oh thanks you!"..the best. A good WWII movie-Guns of Navarone. David Niven, anyone?
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The Hunt For Red October again last night. Forgotten how much I like that movie. Connery's a star - a Russian Scotsman! Love it when he whacks Peter Firth - 'terrible accident, he slipped in his tea!' Quality.I haven't seen K19 Widowmaker. Seemed to be a 50/50 call on that when it was discussed recently.
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Definitely blatant propaganda. But the voiceovers are great, all "And that's one in the eye for Jerry!" sort of stuff.Guns Of Navarone is top.
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And David Niven is the real deal. The guy served as a commando for god sakes during WWII.
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I remember that scene, it's when Renault is closing down Rick's. Nice bit of timing by Claude Rains.
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You can find The True Glory at:
http://tinyurl.com/nw7pqb
There's a lot of old Office of War Information film at Internet Archive.
http://tinyurl.com/7cus5
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Well played! And many thanks!
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Jun 08, 2009 5:49:20 PM CDT
By the way, "Hangmen Also Die" was on TV last night as well
by continentalop
A pretty good thriller by Fritz Lang. It is about the assassination of SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, It is complete historical BS, but it was made in 1943 so it is an interesting piece of war propaganda. Good double feature with Lang's other anti-Nazi film, "Man Hunt" (where George Saunders plays a pretty damn good Nazi villain).
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That kid looked hispanic for all I could tell. It was only towards the last part I got to thinking-noooo, those eyes are meant to denote Oriental...so okay there ya be. Worked for me. Oh yah, you had guys like Ted Knight, Charles Durning and Red Buttons(I think) all seeing mucho combat in WWII. You'd not think of any of them as being cast for same in a movie. Of course there was Neville Brand, too-you know him and sure he fit that mould. I remember touring the Audie Murphy museum there in Farmers Branch(or Farmersville, I forget which), NE of Dallas back in the mid '80's. They had all his unis and medals etc there. Little guy. 5-5 or so. Skinny. But you know what he did, too.
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that's with Brian Donlevy isn't it. Yeh, it's good. I've seen most of Fritz Lang's films, but not Man Hunt. I'll have to track that one down. I'd say Fury is his best U.S. film.
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The guy is often mentioned as being the fourth most decorated soldier in WWII (Audie was first) but that isn't true. Neville was highly decorated and a war hero, but he wasn't the fourth most decorated. He tried to dispel that rumor, but everyone would just assume he was trying to be modest.
That is why I like him - he didn't want to take credit for something he didn't do.
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For real? I think he was.
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Just looked it up. The actor (Robert Clary) was in Buchenwald.
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He was the only member of his Platoon to survive Guadalcanal. If I remember correctly he won the of the silver star. He does lose points though for being a Drill Instructor.
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I know he was mentioned above but since D Day was a few days ago it bears mentioning what he did.Besides being a top flight actor and song and dance man I have to say Mr. Durning is also a muy macho sumbitch. He was among the first troops on Omaha beach and he survived the assault. During the breakout from the beach and the hedge row country he was wounded twice and survived a massacre by SS troops. He participated in the Ardens offensive with 3rd Army. Motherfucker is hard core hard to the bone. Silver star, three purple hearts and Tommy Gavins dad on Rescue Me.
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That Charles Durning was a boxer before WWII and was on the same card as Jack Warden. He didn't fight Warden, but they fought on the same night.
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Jun 08, 2009 8:03:13 PM CDT
I was skimming earlier posts.....and JPT's is funny as fuck.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
"And the news of an Alien remake doesn't even faze
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Jun 08, 2009 8:06:48 PM CDT
I guess thats more of a realization than a revelation.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
FUCK. Now I look like such a fucking idiot.
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Was a undercover agent with the OCI and stayed with them when it became the OSS and he was a Marine. He ran guns to Yugoslav partisans and was an early Special Operations Warrior. Silver star purple heart.David Niven and John Huston were both memebers of the British Special Operation Executive(SOE) which is a combiantion of Special forces and Intel operatives. Also, Niven was a graduate of Sandhurst I think.
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Of course that goes without saying because Lee Marvin is another tough motherfucker.
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Most of his platoon was killed in the battle, but Marvin survived.
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Ditto Gil Hodges. Look'em up.
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Was also a memebr of the SOE and during the allied attack on Germany had a unit called 30 assault command I think. It was made up British sailors and Marines and what they were was more or less land Pirates.
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Catcher for, I think, Cleavland. He spoke 5 languages was a memeber of the OSS and ran a station inside Berlin. Stealing secrets, blowing shit up and assinations. Pretty good ball player also.
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-and couldn't hit any of'em! that's the old joke. Moe played for the Sawks for a while too. He was your basic Joel Skinner type, no-hit, good d, played for a number of years.
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This was back when they were not the Chair Force, and you could easily get killed flying in a B-29 or B-24. Bronson got a Purple Hearts, and Palance was injured in a training exorcise, requiring lots of plastic surgery.
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Oh man I agree, not about you making the dumbest statement on theis TB, but that the post WW2 generation of actors being the best tough guys. They've been there and saw the elephant.
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Was wounded in the Anzio landing. He saw plenty of action too. Hard to miss that's for sure, he's 6-7.
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Was probably among the worst fighting in the war, especially early on when the losses were almost crippeling. Truely staggering numbers were lost.
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When you have the audacity to cast Justin Timberlake as a Iraq War vet, it just rubs me wrong.
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In what movie??? who did that-?!
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Who passed up on being stars to go fly and fight. Especially Gable, who went out of his way for combat duty after Carole Lombard died.
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Not the most realistic movies, I know, but still, Timberlake as a Iraq War veteran?
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Tom Poston pilot dropped Paratroopers on D Day. won an Air Medal.James Doohan landed at Normandy with the Royal Canadien Army, lost the tip of his middle finger.Gene roddenbary flwy B17 off of Guadalcanal.Sam Peckinpah USMC. I did not know this one but not surprised really.Norman Fell USAAF tail gunner B25Douglas fairbanks Jr. Served as a navy commando and is credited with helping shape what would one day become the SEALS.James Whitmore USMC officer.
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One of my oldest brother's friends' fathers was stationed at some base by New Orleans in WWII, and in came Jimmy Stewart, who he described as 'one of his bosses' while he was in the Corps. There he was, in his unis and just one of the guys. He let this guy take his picture there in the hanger, and I have a scanned copy of it on my wall-there's Jimmy, smallish grin of sorts on his face, from 2/3/43. LT Jimmie Stewart, by the way. He flew several missions into Germany etc I know that.
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He's bringing sexy back so I will cut him some slack.The other thing about Clark Gable was that I think he was actually overage for combat but he made them send him anyways. Respect!
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Is remaking a bad Fritz Lang film. But the disgust in Robert's tune I don't think he likes Peter. Which makes me believe that he won't ever show the trailer for the Relic that I requested.
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Robert Altman served on a bomber
Mel Brooks was in the Army (I think he didn't see any real action, but he was in Europe at the end of WWII).
Buddy Hackett.
Christopher Lee (although what he did during the war is still unknown, as it has been mentioned he served with the SOE).
Richard Attenborough - Royale Air Force
Jack Warden was a member of the 101st.
Sam Fuller - Big Red One, naturally.
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Remember from stuff like Dirty Harry, Madigan and whatever? He was a WWII vet too, my memory is he saw tons of action in the Pacific. I think.
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Harry Dean Stanton was a WWII veteran.
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And Ted Williams-he saw action in Korea primarily, and he was 35ish when he had to go back and fly. You prob. know about Teddy Ballgame's jet being nearly shot out from under him, more or less. Guardino by the way was Navy.
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I'm a washout. But I just have a problem with guys using parts like that for "street cred."
But I am also being hippocritical. I love Robert DeNiro, but he never saw any action or even served and he played vets in the Deer Hunter, Jack Knife and Taxi Driver. I am sure a bunch of Viet Nam vets are pissed off by that. -
Was a member of the 82nd Airborne and made every jump the unit did in WW2.Robert Altman B24 pilot.Walter Mathau radioman/gunner on B 24.I also think the guy that played the professor on Giligans Isaland was in a plane that got shot down over Europe. Sorry I can't remember his name.
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Jun 08, 2009 9:24:22 PM CDT
Being pissed a guy playing a soldier or vet.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....wasn't in the military is absurd. Are people also pissed people in westerns didn't grow up on a ranch or work cattle before getting into acting?
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I just looked this up becasue I had some vauge memory but he was in the Ardens. Supposedly he defused land mines.
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Yes.
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I've seen westerns where I am like "C'mon. This guy has never been on a horse before." Same thing with sports movies: Major League is damn good, but you can tell that Corbin Bernsen never played the game (or hadn't since little league). And don't even mention Gary Cooper as Lou Gehrig.
I guess my complaint isn't so much the fact they never served as much as veracity. Some guys just don't have the look or feel of authenticity that others do. Nothing against Justin, but not only doesn't he display the vibe of a soldier, he also doesn't display the social class. No way I buy he is from a working class or blue collar family.
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Xi, can also vouch for the fact that some of the most bad-ass men in the military hardly look the part. And some of the guys you would think are badass, are fuckin cowards when the real shit hits the fan. Now I do understand in the movies we all have a stereotype we expect to see in our heroes, but look at Audie Murphy. If all you saw was John Wayne (who did not serve)during WWII, and someone asked you to point out the most decorated hero, no fuckin way you pick that runt Murphy with the boyish face.
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But about authenticity. I'm no fan of John Wayne war movies - I have mentioned that here before - because you can see that he isn't a real soldier. He is a guy in tough guy drag - Lee Marvin seems like a soldier, as does David Niven and Eddie Albert in Attack. So does Tom Sizemore in SPR and even Charlie Sheen in Platoon (neither one served, but they felt "real").
But like you said, look at Audie Murphy. The guy doesn't look tough at all, but even when he plays a wimpy soldier or reluctant war hero there is something very authentic about him. Just watch him in The Red Badge of Courage - the guy never served during the Civil War, but he has got the entire soldier aura down perfectly. He knows what it is like to see combat and he can project it.
My problem isn't that Justin is a wimp, it is that he just can't hide his aura of being someone so far away from the dirty world of being a soldier. Its like watching Angelina Jolie as a cop in Bone Collector - it just isn't congruent.
Of course it might not be Justin's fault. It could also be the directors fault. Oliver Stone obviously knows combat and how soldiers are supposed to act in the field and can correct that in an actor who isn't being truthful or correct in their portrayal. The directors of Southland Tales and Blacksnake Moan probably couldn't do that. -
Most service members don't look like Rambo. Oh sure the Marine recruiting poster and commercials guys look fabu but they are the exception. Everybody else more or less looks like the guy next door, your pharmacist or mailman. In other words regular folks because that's what we are.
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Toad, Continetalop served, he was 11b(Follow Me!) which is like our 0311.
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But that is why I probably didn't like Justin Timberlake in those parts. He isn't a "regular guy." Same thing with having Tom Cruise as a soldier or guys like that - not because they are wimps or pretty boys, but because they are perfect. They don't seem like everyday people.
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Dude was a true Montana Horsemen, and athlete. Sometimes, peoples backgrounds come through onscreen, and sometimes not(such as the Lou Gehrig story you mentioned). I like when people are 'cast against stereotype', it opens up so many more possibilities, not to mention authenticity. Do you know who Ross Perot is? Of course you do. Do you remember the movie they made about him paying for the rescue of his employees from Iran? Well, guess who played, the short, big eared, loud mouth in the movie. Richard Crenna.
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STRIPES. At least my experience.
OK, that is an exaggeration, but during my time the Army wasn't getting the best and the brightest. We weren't losers either, but we were the guys still trying to find our place in the world - weren't good enough for a sports scholarship, didn't have good enough grades or money for college, or the Army looked at as a good career or a family tradition.
But every guy I knew was fucked up or had some sort of flaw - they couldn't handle authority, they were lazy, they didn't get along with people, they were way to horny, drank to much, etc. No body was perfect. -
There are several of us on these boards. The funniest thing, is that most of the guys on these boards who were in the service - or such as in Xi's case are still in, do not fit the 'stereotype' of brainless, muscle bound, killing machine's. I got into with quite a few knuckleheads about that very subject. Node was one of the worst to hold onto such a stereotype, but I think he came around in the end.
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I mean, he's a Sith Vampire. Who else could have snuck in and out of that bunker undetected?
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But you got to admit, certain people can't play certain parts, no matter what. Jolie as a cop in Bone Collector? That alone is an amazing anomaly, now have here involved in the investigation of a serial killer and you have yourself really straining disbelief.
And it is like I said in sports movies. I played a little DIV II college football, and while I never touched the field during a game I know what a football player is supposed to look like. Adam Sandler in the remake of The Longest Yard is not a football player, and is definitely not a pro quarterback. -
I knew a guy that was on a poster for Marine Recruiting. He was a good looking dude and was flashy looking in the Blues but he was shit as a Marine total fucking shirker scumbag and slimey sumbitch to boot..I know it's human nature to judge a book by it cover. From the fiasco above I think I started to learn how to wait a bit before making judgements about how people will act based on thier looks.
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John Wayne as a Mongol? Sean Connery as an Asian(You only live Twice which is an otherwise excellent movie with the afore mentioned Donald Pleasance).
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I'm fairly close to that strotype Somebody has to be becasue if not then all the sterotypes will disappear.
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I have read your stuff over on Mavras site, and here and it is damn good. And very few get the rank you have in the Corps by being brainless. Now the Killing machine part, well that is a different story!
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thanks.
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Perfect example is Joe Pesci in GoodFellas. Before that movie I wonder if anyone would ever imagine a 5-foot nothing as the most feared gangster and killer in NYC?
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Leo Getz! get it! hahahah. I really like Lethal weapon.Wasn't the real guy that Pesci character was based on a little dude also? Short but wide? I've to go look now. See if I still have a functioning memory.What postion did you play in College?
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He was 6'4", 200lbs.
http://tinyurl.com/nefoks
That is why I am not a stickler for body doubles to be cast as real person - I care more about if they can come across as a real person.
I was supposed to be a OLB but I was to slow so they moved me to DE, where I was to small so they tried bulking me up. You can't make someone bigger but it is a lot harder to get faster.
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He was outstanding as Tony "the Ant" Spilotro in Casino. Very very good. I must have been thinking of Spilotro when I should have been thinking DeSimmone. Oh well wrong again anyway you cut it. Off to bed, have a good night everybody and when the Aussies and English show, have a good morning or good afternoon.
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About actors in WWII? Something you learned in the military or a combination of that and being a film buff?
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Looks ok. The Nine looked like a lot of fun and the second trailer to 9 wasn't as impressive as the first. They needed new music.
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Maggie Gyllenhaal as a women in The Dark Knight.
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Yes it is part of every military members indoctrination to know what famous people were in their branch. Its like knowing the words to Anchors Away, or liking MMA every military member has to do it. That's why I know the guy who wrote Roots was in the Coast Guard. HOOAH!
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What did he change his talklback name to, I don't remember...
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...there are obviously some actors that just don't have the face or the look or the manliness to pull off the role. The same way some actors don't work in period (time not blood) and some do. But to want them to have actually served, eh? So you don't believe a guy who plays a cop unless he served in law enforcement before getting into acting?Thats craaaa-see.
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But for me it is more about my love of movies. I guess a little bit is because I was in the Army, but I love knowing whacky facts about any old actor (for example, Barbara Payton became a prostitute after her career went south and Laird Cregar died because of extreme weight loss).
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Jun 09, 2009 1:03:05 AM CDT
When people slam military as brainless killing machines....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....with the IQ of a grape, they should really be describing MMA assholes. TAP OUT MUTHAFUCKA!!!
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Two things:
Funny you mentioned MMA, because I was in the Army before they came up with the Modern Combative Program, back when we used to have smokers to get good at fighting (of course, hand-to-hand wasn't looked as that important back then - this was a couple of years after killing Iraq in the first Gulf War) but I am a big MMA fan (I guess I might be a douchebag). But Army guys now love MMA, thanks to Combatives.
I have to remember to ask Xiphos how the MCMAP system is, and if he remembers Marine LINE Combat System...
2) I thought Gyllnehaal did a good job in TDK, but I had to bust out laughing when I read that. So mean but funny.
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I should of waited before mentioning my love of MMA until after I read DGDB's post.
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I would wager its also fun to watch two Chimpanzees beat each other to death over a handful of shit.
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I seem to remember them being 2 distinct people back in the days of the LOST talkback circa Season 3.
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But it is a little complicated. I think it is like politicians - most veterans like to know that there is another veteran who understands what they went through up there representing them.
I think the same could be said about actors and movies. I'm not a combat veteran, but I can understand the desire to have one of your own on screen (or at least behind the camera as a director) who knows what war is like and will accurately portray it.
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Maybe it is Hobo.
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Jun 09, 2009 1:14:47 AM CDT
I used to love watching Chimps beat each other to death
by continentalop
Until they did all those rule changes. Robbed all the integrity out of fighting over a handful of shit.
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What'd you do? So you really are going to the Funktacular?
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why he stopped.
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Weren't you around when he would still come in here?He started to become more and more of a paranoid douche bag and had a meltdown a few months back. I haven't seen him since.
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...it will be in an Inglorious TB.
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Jun 09, 2009 1:18:44 AM CDT
Yeah MMA got pussified when they banned fish-hooking....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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I just knew him from before at the LOST tbs, where he still posts as well. I had forgotten about Node and thought he became NapoleanPark for some reason. But I think you're right, he did become Hobo. I forgot the shit that went down between you two, but the stuff with KungFu and you is very reminiscent of it.
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I wanted to mention it, but I was a little nervous bringing it up because i know that Scott Sanders and other people who work on the movie would be looking at AICN for reviews. If I criticize anything they will think I am sabotaging them, and if I praise it people will start to think I am a shrill and a plant.
As for what I did, I actually worked as an editor on it when they did re-cuts after Sundance. Unfortunately, I can't be listed as additional editor because of union rules so i got a lame title called Technical Advisor (I wanted to be Post Production Cracker).
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In The Doors on HBO right now.
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Both of them are cool with you until you disagree with them.
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He needs to play duel roles of Jesus and Judas.
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I get the feeling you didn't think it was all that great. Which is allright. Just keep it on the DL 'round here, honkey. If it makes you feel any better, I'm still waiting for a paycheck from a job I did back in April. I need to send them an email tomorrow...
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Jun 09, 2009 1:24:52 AM CDT
Jesus Christ Conti......you just out your secret identity?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Bold....very bold.
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who used to starred in a few martial arts action movies in the 80's?? Vern reviewed one of them a while back.
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After a couple of drinks you'll all just think you imagined it.
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It makes you sound like the Grandfather of Wisdom....like Walter fucking Murch or something.
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Jun 09, 2009 1:29:09 AM CDT
Wincott has a brother? Jesus.....thats creepy for some reason.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Imagine Wincott at his family's for Thanksgiving, just sitting there staring at pile of damage on his plate.
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I just don't think it is perfect, nor can i make an unbiased judgement on it. It is just hard for me to tell people what I think because my point of view is all skewed on it.
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To kill the man, the myth, the legend.
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Jeff Wincott.
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http://www.geo citie s.com/Hollywood/Bungalow/7881/jwincott1.jpg
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Actually my nickname is ""The Doctor" because I get called in a lot to fix other people's movies and sometimes scripts (B-Movie or Independent movies, I should add). I wish I could get more script doctoring work, or actually sell one of my own, non-T&A ones. Also, I don't want to sound like I am bragging. I work pretty much on the bottom rung of movies, excluding really bad b-movies and porn. I still struggle to make ends meet every year.
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Its hard for me to tell people whether or not an indie film a friend of mine made, in which I was one of 3 in the art department, is good or not just because I was so entrenched in the making of it. Its hard to judge it as a film, being a filmmaker and as someone who worked on it and knows all the trials and tribulations that went into making it.
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Fuck they need to do a buddy cop movie set in the 80's.Original Score = VANGELIS
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Last two years I did good, but that was because I was working mostly for a post house and did a lot of reality shows. I went freelance again this year because they were hurting and were going out of business anyway, and things have been shitty all year.
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You should add home enemas to your repertoire. Thats probably some decent coin from old rich bitches.
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Talk to you later....
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Its 2:40 on the EC and the party I've been spying on across the street is finally dissipating. And lest that make me sound like a pervert, I live on a busy thoroughfare, not a neighborhood, and everyone from the party is parking halfway in the street. Their side has no parallel parking; mine does. And we often have problems with drunkards crashing into our cars or sideswiping them. So I rolled in from the bar just as a cop was pulling up to give everyone tickets. So I grabbed a bottle of water and sat on the porch and watched a lot of them scatter. Saw one girl fall flat on her back, drunk. Another tried to have sex on the hood of her car with her boyfriend. A boyfriend that a. denied her and b. let her drive off drunk with her lights off. It was more entertaining than anything that was on tv. Anyhoo, I'm out for sleep. Later on.
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Every body hears you are in the military they assume you must be a grunt seeing combat, but really, what are the chances of a guy in the Navy and Air Force, especially in their version of the cooks in the Quartermaster Corps (whatever their equivalent of a 92G is) seeing combat?
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hehehe
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Danny is right.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Dumped out in the first round. Mind you, not that I give a shit about 20/20- but you're worse than England.
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is Aussie cricketer Keith Miller who was an RAF pilot (and a damned good one). When he played for Australia, a journalist asked him if he felt stress and Keith's reply was "Stress? Stress? Stress is a Messerschmit on your arse. This is a game."He was also an epic drunkard and womaniser. Top Man
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and quite enjoyed it. Apart from all the stuff in the mining town. Which was not funny.
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see you later.
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Little 5-5 guy from Manhatten. Never was a gangster but ran w/ types who wound up behind bars. Never was in the military-Fighting 69th/Roaring Twenties anyone?-but you could buy it. Put him in a Western-Terrible. Love James Cagney. But him and Bogie out West? You ever see that shit? It's like a bad Simpson's parody. Egads. As for Wayne as soldier, I don't quite have that same problem w/ his better movies, but some of the others like 'Fighting SeeBees' or 'Green Berets', yeah okay I get that. He spent as much time in there as both myself and Tom Hanks combined. See him in Red River or Hondo though. If you don't like that, well-no helping ya.
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Yeah Cooper wasn't any ballplayer, but he sure did the role well. I get a kick outta watching it as you DO have Ruth, Bill Dickey and co. actually playing themselves-it's kinda fun to see. Wanna see a good Gary Cooper Western-Springfield Rifles. Check it out.
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--Yeah and like I said, having seen the guy wandering around a K-Mart parking lot over 10 years back here, he's another one more impressive onscreen than in person. He's buried not a half-hour away from here, pretty big gravestone etc in Brownsville VT. For kicks I watched 'Hard Times' again a couple weeks back, still holds up rather well. Robert Tessier by the way in there was in Korea, I believe--
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I just find them staggeringly dull. It's probably a character flaw of some description.
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razorback is coming. GIANT PIG! Awesome.
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*sniff*
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Tis why I haven't contributed. So, Terminator V takes place in London 2011. This just sounds like a terrible idea. I'm really surprised you're excited for this, Danny.
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Jun 09, 2009 11:25:16 AM CDT
But hey, a new Seventh Seal Criterion DVD is released next week
by d.vader
I'm looking forward to that. I've never seen the movie but I've always wanted to, ever since Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey and Last Action Hero.
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Thanks to Jarv, now with special super ninja Moderator powers!
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You're a dame.
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with great power and all that.
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dreadful. Where did you hear that?
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Thank Christ. I've been waiting years to see that hag get fucking smoked.
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He's been quoted as saying he wants T5 to have John Connor time travel to 2011 to warn the past of Skynet, and then Skynet sends all their huge Hunter Killer flying machines and Terminators and whatnot back to 2011, so that you have present-day warfare against future tech (isn't that what happened in T4?). Yes, because nothing makes more sense to an artificially intelligent, sentient machine that is winning the war in the future than to go back in time to win the war in the past too. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
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Ciao Gangsters.
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That's terrible. They should move on from Time Travel.
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....but I do not like Hunter Killers and other vehicles going back with him. Send back a few Terminators end of fucking story.
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That fucks continuity more than usual. McG is such a fucking hack.
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So Connor an Skynet have to team up and take it on. It could be SkyConnor, their cyborg love child.
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I didn't see much of it, but that's the general gist of the show, from what I've heard. Pple keep coming back in time along with a few Terminators. Doesn't interest me that much. The time travel aspect is just useless. Its been done to death in both the films and the show, and to me it just demonstrates the lack of good, creative ideas in McG's head.
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If the Queen gets smoked, then that leaves Charles in Charge. AAAAHHHHH. I actually hate myself a little for saying that.
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was the idea of terminators basically sitting around doing fuck all for 50 years. That joke was horrid Mavra. See you tomorrow, people. If you see any Aussies, ask them what it's like to get dumped out in the first round. By a team England thrashed less than a week ago. HAHAHAHAHAHA!
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Jun 09, 2009 12:47:42 PM CDT
But imagine the potential in England...seriously!
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Arnie T-800 busting into The Queen's lavatory with a shotgun, as her ass is being wiped and powdered by a lowly 12 year old servant. The Queen screams at Arnie in her frumpy Miss Piggy squeal "Do you know who I am?!! I am The Queen of England!"Arnie T-800: WRONG.And he blows her the fuck away. Bitch is wallpaper. -
Jun 09, 2009 12:50:11 PM CDT
Lost Jarv -- when did Terminators sit around....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....for 50 years? You're thinking of Star Trek. Where someone sat around for 20 something years jerking off in his ship. But I hear its all explained in the comic!
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My balls.
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They just sat around in history waiting for John Connor to show up? That's kind of hilarious. Terminators in the old west shooting people and just hanging out. Watching progress. Making it into the history books.
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Is not explained in the comic. The comic just explains why The Hulk is mad at Sylar and how cool Spocks ship and The Hulks ship are. Its also got Proffesor X in it as well. (and Reading Rainbow).
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In which the bad guy from the Riches was a Terminator and got sent back in time way to far and became this really rich land baron just to build something so he could hid and wait for JC. In fact it was the only good episode of that crap because it was something different and interesting.
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I want fucking Back To The Future 2 shit. I want multiple jumps to different time periods in that movie. They would need the ability to go back and forth though, because as it is-- their technology is just a one way trip, right? Maybe the machines have a more advanced time travel device that gets destroyed at the end of part 3, so then they have to use the shittier human knock off version which is just one way. But Christian Connor going to the 80s then 90s and back to the future, with a Terminator on his tail blowing the world the fuck up. Thats what I pay to see.
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Is a really cool movie. I need to watch it again.
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A Seventh Seal Criterion DVD? WTF? Are they re-releasing their stuff now as well. I hate DVD's.
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Edward Furlong is camping outside McG's door begging for a role in the next Terminator flick? He needs money for crack.
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Yeah, James Cagney wasn't a tough guy or gangster in real life, but he sure could play one. So could Robinson.
I don't mind that someone plays a part that he has never done firsthand - that is why they call it acting - I just don't like it when I can't buy them in the part. Guys like Cagney and Robinson were either the same ethnicity as the gangsters making the headlines or come from a background were they witnessed such people up close and first hand; just look at Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Robinson's friend in Little Caesar, he is far from a believable gangster (but is a believable ballroom dancer). The guy doesn't have the aura of someone from the streets, doesn't have the walk and the talk. But Robinson had it, and so did Cagney and Bogart (who was from an upper middle class family if I remember right). Of course, none of those guys could be in westerns (with the possible exception of Robinson, as long as he didn't get on a horse such as in The Violent Men). The reason why I think is that experience in their lives dealing with urban hoods, but didn't know how rural cowboys and ranch hands acted. Richard Widmark and Robert Mitchum, however, seemed to be able to do both pretty effortless.
Great actors and chameleons like Daniel Day Lewis can pretty much play any part, because they can study and ape most peoples behaviors, but for most actors I think they have a limited number of parts they play really well. For me, John Wayne can play a very believable cowboy, but he makes a horrible soldier (mostly because he never, ever crouches over - he practically walks upright in the Sands of Iwo Jima when they are taking the hill). -
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the pilgrim
by simondark
12:09:06 PM I read your "theories" on time travel.I didn't know if I was supposed to take it seriously or if you were giving us all your own little story about the terminator.Either way,everything you said is completely wrong.I know your tempted to validate your statement with an arguement,however,before you attempt it,Im smarter than you are.Dont bother.Time travel is impossible.The mechanics wont allow it.Its as simple as that really.There are no alternate timelines,no future selves no past selves,there is only one of each of us.PERIOD.
simondark
by Spamgelus
12:15:45 PM Glad to see we have someone here who knows so much about time travel. Is it hands-on experience? You should go back in time and fix your punctuation and spelling. This way when you say, "Im smarter than you are," we won't all really think you're a fucking retard. Actually, we still will, but at least you won't come across as illiterate as well. -
That sounds kind of cool, a Terminator living a normal life as a cover while he waits before he can do his mission. Like if a Terminator married a single mother and raised her step kids while waiting for John Connor to reappear on the grid, than killed them before setting out on his mission.
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Daniel's performance felt very fake. It felt like I was watching a guy do a voice and do a character. Like when you see cheap local theater. The first time I saw it-- it was okay. But this time it looked like shit. That is kinda/sorta happening with Heath as The Joker as well. The more I see it, the less real it feels. Now it just looks like a regular guy making a funny voice, like you can see right through him. -
...in the real world you could get into all kinds of cool explorations of Terminator psychology. Obviously they are programmed to blend in to an extent....but to what extent, ya know?Of course the more you got into cool abstract shit like that and divert farther away from Cameron, the more the punks cry.
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But the rereleases are all much much better with new extras and improved video and subtitles. See the Seven Samurai 3-disc special release from 2006. I never saw Seventh Seal, so I think I'll be picking this one up.
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Which I know is sacrilege in some parts, but I always found him pretentious as hell (double for Tarkovsky). Still, of all his movies, Seventh Seal, Persona and The Hour of the Wolf are the ones that work best for me. Or at least the only ones I could kind of relate with.
D. Vader, have you ever seen DINER? -
Several hours ago you asked a question and now here's the answer you probably don't care about.A lot of the names of actors I mentioned above I either read about somewhere or saw on a TV program. the odder ones I had looked up because the conversation was sort of about actors you would never in a million years associate with being or fighting in the armed forces.As far as powers that be in the Army or Marines talking about actors that served I can't think of any time it was talked about officially. Not saying that it wasn't but I don't remember any specific discusssion.
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Which is why I'd really like to see Seventh Seal. Then maybe Virgin Spring. Those are the only two that really sound interesting to me.
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Barry Levinson is just one of those directors I'm kinda "meh" about. I don't get that excited or disappointed when I hear he has a new film coming out. That said, Diner is one I've been interested in because of the cast and its accolades.
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Now I'm off for some Hibachi lunch.
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The cast is top notch, and Mickey Rourke is damn good in it.
But the reason I brought it up they had a scene with Timothy Daly and Steve Guttenberg involving them watching the Seventh Seal. -
any one
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I have been wondering that myself.
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Jun 09, 2009 2:26:02 PM CDT
some men will never know the simple joys of a monkey knifefight
by ironic_name
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Between Samurai monkeys.
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And just like the last time, it had me running to the bathroom 45 minutes later. Delicious.
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From TMZ....
One of David Carradine's ex-wives tells us David's obsession with auto-erotica went so far, it involved Jesus.
Gail Jensen -- Carradine's third wife -- says she came home one day and -- starting at the door -- there were post-it notes with arrows leading into the basement.
Jensen says she followed the notes and found Carradine hanging from a rope, emulating Jesus Christ in body position. Jensen asked him what he was doing. David's response: "I really would like a sandwich."
Jensen says they were having people over, but David stayed in the basement while the guests ate upstairs. Gail says she went down to the basement several times to give him food and wine. Several hours later, he untied himself and joined the party.
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Jun 09, 2009 3:30:28 PM CDT
Yeah he just comes upstairs like nothing happened....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
"Hey guys, nice to see you"
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And maybe a big fake beard too.
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....like 3 week old human feces in a plastic pale in the middle of the desert.....and thats before he died!
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Jun 09, 2009 3:57:50 PM CDT
You know Gary Busy has seen all these stories about Carradine
by continentalop
And is saying "What is the big deal?"
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Busy is the one thing he hasn't been.
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just saying
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Ditto for Cheif Wiggum there. One of the best period. Love both their career arcs in fact. Richard Widmark-last fall I went and watched a passel of his forties and fifties work-What a good good actor he was. Check him out sometimes-the guy did some pretty great noire-ish flicks around 1950 that are worth your while. I actually kinda liked Terminator IV here, but it reminded me an awful lot of the 'Very special Matrix Episode of Road Warrior' if you know what I mean. Donno that I ever need to see it again-but it was okay. McG's London 2011 take on #5 is realllly bad. Don't do it!!!
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and thier judgemental tone. Who the hell are they to imply that it's wrong to tie yourself up in a Jesus pose inorder to jerkoff repeatedly. What a man does in the privacy of his own basement or late at night in the cargo bay of a C141* while in flight is nobodies business.*tinyurl.com/lywvjq
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-That's interesting, as a vet you would certain see things in these films that a civvy like me would not be bothered by. However, you DID have guys who were vets in there ala Forrest Tucker and Richard Jaeckel, did they just walk around up the beach or did they duck? I'll have to pay attention the next time I see it. I enjoy the movie for what it was-a Bruckheimerish flag-waver. Generally I'd fault the Director for something like that-i.e. Duke not staying low to the ground coming over the beach. That's gotta be Allen Dwan's responsibility, you know? And he by all accounts including the Marine liasons who worked on the movie w/ Dwan etc-was one of the best. You can also say that about Ford and Dmytryk and whomever else directed Wayne in his war movies. Yeah he was the centerpiece, but-he was just a part of the whole shebang, if that makes sense? Any Harry Guardino fans here???
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That is an image that is going to stick.
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-that's not a character defect on your part, so much as a syndrome ala my enjoyment of Big Robots and Bay films. You like what you like despite yourself.
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And he was always his best in a film noir - Kiss of Death, Don't Bother to Knock, No Way Out, Panic in the Streets, The Street With No Name.
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For a liberal who was big in the civil rights movement, Ryan played a great bigot.
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http://tinyurl.com/mqc222 Lou Brissie. Yikes!
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They were great. Ryan was in at least one.
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I live in Hollywood and work in the industry, and for most people I talk to here If I mention I like Robert Ryan or loved Widmark's Night and the CIty, they have no clue what I am talking about. But here you get "Oh, yeah. I haven't seen that for awhile."
Fuck, people in Hollywood nowadays haven't even seen the original Wicker Man. How the fuck haven't you seen the Wicker Man and are working in the movie business? -
Palance and Zero Mostel together. I enjoyed it.
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But Conti....Tommy Udo's snickering laugh and pushing the old lady in a wheelchair down the stairs are forever burned into my brain!
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-about Wayne, from people ala Ron Howard, Bruce Dern, Thomas Tryon, etc. Utter professional, period. You didn't agree on politics, for the most part-he'd put it aside, great guy to be w/ on set. Tryon esp. I remember on Larry King saying this. Dern said fighting w/ 65 year old Wayne in '72 while filming the Cowboys was like 'being hit by a Grizzly Bear', his back is in a brace from it ever since. He had the road-company of guys-Yakima Canutt, Grant Withers, Paul Fix, Bruce Cabot, Festus Hagen, etc who you saw in a gazillion parts-they played off one another awfully well. Sure many of those later flicks ala the Chisholms or Hellfighters or Cahill US Marshall or Rio Lobo, weren't all that good, but-you knew what you were getting. He'd been around forever, and Hollywood/fandom was hit w/ one of there period attacks of nostalgia when True Grit came around. Here was their chance to honor one of Hollywood's greats, while they were STILL around and still 'legit', if that makes sense. It was a smash, it was NOT one of my faves frankly, but-Duke got his Oscar and you gotta be happy for him in retrospect. Fuck the Academy-you watch him in Red River or She Wore a Yellow Ribbon or The Searchers, or the Quiet Man, and yer telling me he wasn't even good enough to NOMINATE?? Really?? Tom Dunson and Ethan Edwards didn't count-?! Assholes. Anyways that's my rant on that. Oh, and Double fuck You to Hollywood for never giving an Oscar to Cary fucking Grant. Yeah good going guys.
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All those smug assholes on the TMZ show making fun of celebrities, even when they're acting normal, and when you see these "reporters" on the show, they all have the same hairstyles and wear the same fashions as all the celebrities they're ridiculing. Freaking hypocrites. A couple years ago I toyed with the idea of making a blog that made fun of the TMZ people the way they make fun of everyone else.
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Its the same over here for people in production. I try to talk movies with people, talk to them on my level, and they look at me strangely. Its disappointing.
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I just saw a film with him playing a bigot to Sidney Poitiers Doctor. Dang if I can remember the title, and don't feel like going to imdb - aw fuck it hold on........No Way Out.
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never won an Oscar either. Only nominated once, and it wasn't even for Night of the Hunter (which, apparently, was roundly dissed upon release).
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"Steak it's what for dinner" Yes my friend, so true.
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I don't understand the fascination people have with celibrities and all that nonsense, who cares what they do? I sure don't because most of them don't matter fuck all to me and the few that've met were were dumb. Although, they were no where near as fucking stupid as the reporters I've met over the last few years.Maybe that's the problem right there, the retarded reporters.
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How come no one told me Crank 2 was the best movie ever made?
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That crazy asian guy I was like...is that him...AND IT FUCKING WAS!!
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Now sometimes, I agree with making fun of celebrities, but mainly the arrogant ones, the douchebags, the stuckup bitches that feel they are better than everyone. They deserve to be mocked when they behave badly. But TMZ wouldn't have a job if that's all they did, so they feed the paparazzi community by buying up any and every bit of video about any celebrity, no matter how D-List, in order to craft a "story" around it. Oh look! Here's Ethan Hawke in NYC taking out the trash! And the paparazzi is bothering him and begging for him to comment on allegations that he cheated on his wife! And look, Hawke is just saying no comment but being polite about it! But let's make fun of him and criticize him anyway because we're a bunch of douchebags! They do it every single time I catch a scene from their show. Some celeb is outside a restaurant acting normal, and they find a way to twist it into some sort of joke at their expense.
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Christ, I didn't even know TMZ had a show. I've only seen the website since yahoo links to it all the fucking time.
So hard to imagine making a living out of saying "Hey you! Your outfit looks STUPID!" I would feel terrible about myself if my job was to think up mean-spirited and/or petty shit to say about people all day long. -
More or less. Oooooooooo Rihanna's at the LAKERS Game!! Oooooooooooo Megan Fox got a Tattoo! Ooooooooooooo James Cameron is fucking your Eyeballs this December w/ Avatar! Ooooooooooooooo!
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and pretty much everyone who commented on it (both there and here) loved it. It is fucking insane awesome, isnt it?
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I hope the second one is as batshit crazy as the first. Live-action video game, man. That's all it is.
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Starts off like a video game. So glad I saw T4 and Star Trek before Crank 2 otherwise those movies would have sucked.
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Honestly, have that many people even seen Vincenzo Natali's Nothing. What a wierd movie.
Kudos to Cartuna or Harry or whoever thought that one up. It's also nice because it doesnt make me feel like puking.
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What's up?
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To answer the million dollar question. Is it a movie worth seeing?
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Watching Conan from last week and he goes on a foley stage, which I guess is the fancy name for sound effects stage. I want that job.
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...I just found out Joe Johnston is directing. Has that been reported anywhere yet? That is a damn good fit.
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...you say you don't care what celebrities do after listing background details of every celebrity with a military background. Muhahahahaha.
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They did something real and worthy of mention. So no irony was involved.
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I know you meant the kinda shit that covers where David Spade took a dump last.
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Jun 10, 2009 12:16:43 AM CDT
People that work in Hollywood know jack shit about films....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....because of shit like TMZ. They flock to the area for the materialism and glamor and end up in various production jobs they don't give a fuck about. Some of the dumbest people I know have steady production jobs and make a great living doing it. One has just been bumped up to UPM! And belive me you, he is a fucking retard that knows jack shit about film. Its a generic job for 70% of them. Its no different than any industry. They come to LA for the tits and the coke and the bragging rights. They can give a fuck about the art. Thats part of the reason I couldn't fucking stand working in it. I'm far happier now at a generic marketing job, just writing shit. I actually find it more inspiring. And its also part of the reason I don't hang out in Hollywood and avoid people that talk industry. I can feel it sucking the soul out of my fucking veins. Oh yeah....and next time someone asks me which state I'm originally from I'm gonna kick them in their fucking mouth. Not every person living in the greater Los Angeles area moved here for the film industry you dumb cunt. Some people were actually fucking born here and avoid simple minded whores like you, like the fucking plague. End rant.
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....I'm speaking about the majority. Of course there are many that value the art of it and care about what they're doing-- they are usually the quiet, miserable looking crew members that keep to themselves and eventually disappear; ending up somewhere in Me-Hico.
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Beware the spores...
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I like to know her name! Thank you I'll be here all week please try the veal and remember to tip your bartenders and wait staff.I think I agre Danny, the relentles hyping of the "Hollywood" lifestyle through shows TMZ and the like portray and unrealistic and in some cases untrue vision of what Hollywood and the "industry" is all about.Hollywood as always attracted more then it's fair share of idjits but since the advent of the internet and endless gossip shows the douche level has grown exponetially.
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..its getting much worse. There used to be old restaurants and hangouts in the Hollywood area I would go to with my parents once in awhile when I was a kid. Places were more family oriented and it seemed like regular folk. These days those some places are over run with a million douche bags that look like they walked off the set of The Hills, standing outside smoking menthols blabbing about the drama in their production office. Its annoying as fuck and it has caused me to avoid the city more often. The same amount of people always worked in the industry I'm assuming. I think more were natives though, and they didn't have to discuss their profession non-stop, loud enough for everyone around to hear. Maybe its just an affect of growing up with it and looking at it differently as I approach 30. I dunno.
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Is it is a business of image. If you act and look like a cliched "Hollywood" producer, people will treat you like one; if you act like a hip young actor or director, people will treat you like one. Even if you don't know shit.
I'm basically over-the-hill, still trying to make it into the big leagues as a director and writer but I recognize that it is going to hard. Guys see me and my age, they just instantly label me editor or post-production only. I don't radiate "understands the hip, young crowd."
But man, these hip, young directors are dumb as shit. I worked on an independent movie that went nowhere, and the director was this 20-something kid who basically talked his way into the director seat by convincing everyone how cool and hip of movie he could make the movie. The guy honestly did not know what Film Noir meant. It was hilarious to hear him describe this teen angst movie as having a film noir style to it, and dropping the phrase constantly whenever he described the movie. I finally played dumb and asked him what did Film Noir mean, and his answer was just absurd. It was like listening to Homer Simpson describe it.
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Widmark in No Way OUt is awesome. The movie itself is awesome. Not to give anything away to people who haven't seen it but the build up and surprise twist to the race riot was incredible. Besides the one house maid, I thought the way they handled race and treated the black characters was incredibly modern - probably more realistic than how they treat many black people in movies nowadays, especially in scenarios like that. How Ossie Davis' character is basically compelled to go to the race riots by his mom was just jaw-dropping.
Tommy Udo is an incredible villain, but he is still pretty much one dimensional. Widmark's Skip McCoy and Harry Fabian are two incredibly well rounded character, especially Fabian, the "artist without an art". As Eddie Muller said in his book Dark CIty, "Harry Fabian, Patron Saint of Losers."
But Udo is awesome. To me, that is how the Joker should be, someone who finds something funny that no one else does. He doesn't crack jokes or one liners, just laughs at other peoples pain like it was the funniest thing in the world. "Hey, I just pushed a invalid old woman down the stairs - isn't that hilarious?"
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I fucking despise those cockroaches. Please start moving somewhere else....all of you filthy cunts. Not you Conti. I like the old dudes (over 30). There should be an industry rule anyone wanting to break into the industry must work in an expendables house until they are 30. Unless they are acting of course.
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Jun 10, 2009 1:34:19 AM CDT
Of course I don't think the idiot and douchebag level of Hollywo
by continentalop
I think the idiot and douchebag level of America has increased. America has become an incredibly narcissistic place - just look at twitter. Why the fuck should people see what you are doing every ten minutes?
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....but L.A. is the pierced clit on the country's fat cunt.
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If they are serious and know what they are doing. The problem is that ones that get all the opportunity are just social creatures, not filmmakers. You can see that in films being made nowadays.
I know you say that McG did a good job on T4 Danny, and maybe he did, but the guy got a big start he didn't deserve right off the bat. The guy was a no-name video director who is suddenly picked to do a huge studio film like Charlie's Angles, and why? Because he wowed Drew Barrymore with his personality.
I ain't gonna hold it against him - you have to take the opportunities as they appear - but it just goes to show that you can get farther sometimes with your appearance and persona than you can on the strength of your talent or knowledge. -
Jun 10, 2009 1:42:37 AM CDT
"But LA is the pierced clit on the country's fat cunt."
by continentalop
Best-description-ever-of-LA. That should replace "The City of Angels" as our nickname.
"LA - The pierced clit of America's fat cunt!" -
Just like James Ellroy and Edward Bunker. Can I ask what part you are from?
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That's a great dose of morning misanthropy. It isn't just Hollywood that's like that. The music Industry is as bad. The amount of talentless twats I met who were allegedly "management" or some such shit, but really were on daddy's payroll is disgusting. They talk about "influences" and shit like that, but if you mention something before 1990 then they'd inevitably be "uh?" Wankers. All of them.
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I fucking hate the RMT. Greedy, useless socialist bastards (proper socialist, borderline marxist), holding the fucking city to ransom so they can get their $75,000 salary increased by 5% in a recession- the job requirements of which are press start, press stop, open doors, close doors, repeat. And the most irritating bit, is one of them was fired for opening the doors on the wrong fucking side, and they made reinstating him part of the negotiations. Bastards.
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and it's shit. Really shit. Worse than I thought it would be.
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Just to see Some Bryce leg cleavage. I guess I'll wait until it shows up on TV one day or something.
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Actually, don't. Unless you can see it on the big screen. Even then it isn't great, but at least it seems to work on a big screen.
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and wish I hadn't. Nobody told me how dull and irritating it is.
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Over at My Mavra, I think you are you going to like the way you look in our reviews.
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Finally beat AICN to the punch.
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Two great picks up above with Pickup On South Street & Night And The City.A favourite of mine is The Bedford Incident, also starring Sidney Poitier. Widmark - cool as fuck.
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Don't watch Lady In The Water. It's dull and irritating.
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ewwwwwwwwww dirty ginger's. They are the devils work.
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He's absolutely prolific in the art department, but when I hear he's helming a new film, I just sorta shrug and hope its good. But I don't get super-excited about it. I hope The Wolf Man is great. Then I might get more excited for Cap.
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"You know it's what you feared when you find the crimson beard."I think Wordsworth said that.
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I only watched it because I thought it was going to be car-crash entertaining. It wasn't. That's it- I'm never watching another M. Night Shalayman film again- he's been crap since Unbreakable.
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A young film noir. Cept I heard that movie was good. And I don't think it was supposed to be "hip".
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See you in a few hours. Far too much work to do at the moment. And the Twitch is far too slow now.
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BORING. It was such a pedestrian effort...no electricity..nothing.
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I actually have high hopes for Lady in the Water. No way it can be as bad.
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I like that quite a bit. There's not one superfluous scene anywhere in that film. Every single scene is relevant in some way.
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Burbank originally.
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.....but it is an extremely bizarre film. Its probably his most abstract endeavor. But the performances are solid. And its beautiful to look at. Nice original score. I thought Bryce would look hot in it, but she doesn't. She looks otherworldly and kinda creepy, which is fitting, but not wank worthy.
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Is it Assassination of a High School Douche Bag? That movie sounds like absolute ass. And its a shameful jock off Brick. I like Brick. I loved it when I first saw it. But its getting kinda old. For me, it doesn't really hold up to repeat viewings well. And its not enough to inspire me to seek out anything Johnson has done since.
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The Wrestling one! I can NEVER remember the title. Yeah that and Panic in the Streets are both really good.
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It was more of a Twilight Zone episode than anything else. Good stuff, the kids in the tinfoil hats etc.
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--to quote Noted_Sage Johnny Carson. Thats funny. Yeah it's like Dallas when I lived in that area ages back-people DO come from there too.
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Jun 10, 2009 9:45:47 AM CDT
"You'll be livin' the sweet life in the beautiful....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
.....San Fernando Valley!"
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Worth the ole looky loo.
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Awful, awful bollocks. Cue Night argument #39796
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-try Madigan Sometime-w/ Henry Fonda, our man Richard Widmark, Harry Guardino, Don Stroud, a midget, Sheree North(I think), a raft of hats, skinny ties and groovie hippie pad type '68 references to keep it current. It plays more like a TV movie than anything, but it's kinda worth seeing(Oh James Whitmore is in it too) just because.
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to watch tonight- Razorback. I can barely wait.
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Driving home a few days ago I saw a movement along the edge of the woods a couple miles north of town, and it was a few boar. They aren't natural up here-but there's a land-trust thingie nearby where they were imported for Mucky mucks like William Weld to come in and do the canned hunt routine w. Not necessarily Giant Pig(S), but-large enough to make you do a doubletake behind the wheel of your Generica American Made Car. A fave line from Syriana: I want Pig Bacon!
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Jun 10, 2009 10:05:06 AM CDT
hahaha......I do see him gardening in heaven.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....or hell. Wherever he went-- he is surely gardening. And Whitmore rocked ass in The Relic!
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Funny thing is, Whitmore was still touring, doing 'Our Town' or whatever just a year ago. Friends of mine saw him in Peterborough NH doing a performance, said he was as good as ever. David Straitharn has been known to show down there too. "Good Night/Good Luck" rules.
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Is on DVD??? WHERE???????
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But Whitmore doesn't literally rock ass. Its not like he's hacking at the beast with a chainsaw or anything. He's just a cool old professor guy in a wheelchair.
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Complete class.
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How good is it? Worth going to see with Lloyd Kaufman in attendance? Would a lady enjoy it?
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I've not seen it, but I have seen a lot of Troma. It would be funny with Kaufman in attendance, but not one for the ladies. It was another comment that reminded me, but I can't think what. Razorback- I don't know if it has a US release, I wouldn't be surprised.
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has no Razorback. You should also rent Richocet for a double dose of Russell action.
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Jun 10, 2009 11:18:53 AM CDT
That Rourke Iron Man pic looks fucking retarded.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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I am MUCH happier seeing he is directing Captain America rather than a Simon West or Barry Sonnenfeld or Brett Ratner etc etc.
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I like his stuff-JP III, Rocketeer, didn't he do Jumanji as well? Good director.
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Everyone argues about the idiocy of aliens whose weakness is water coming to a planet that is 75% water. But no one ever seems to consider that perhaps the aliens were extremely desperate. We'd do the exact same thing if our race was dying and our one chance for survival was to visit a hostile planet to try and steal some food sources. So it doesn't bother me one bit.
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That's weird. And Yes, Bando, Johnston also did Jumanji and Honey I Shrunk the Kids. Also responsible for designing the Iron Giant.
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there's a whole plethora of shit I hate in that film. It's by far Night's worst script (and that's saying something). I properly despise this film.
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I've been working on a Magnificent Seven story set in medieval times myself. Damnit. Fuck that hack. Well, mine was more Seven Samurai anyway. Shit.
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He is one of the best family film directors alive.
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Very reminiscent of Camille Saint Saens "Danse Macabre" and Jerry Goldsmith's fiddle work during the Nightmare at 20,000 ft segment of the Twilight Zone movie.
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Vader.
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Like I said, every scene has a purpose and relates to another one later in the film. Every scene has a small setup of some sort. Its very tight. Maybe the tightest of all his scripts (other than Sixth Sense, which I haven't seen in a long time).
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Among other things. "Swing Away" leaping to mind. Pity Mel didn't say "Jam bat up your own ass" that would at least have given me a chuckle.
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What was the last thing I was angry about? Not the killer Christmas trees. I mean, I was upset about that, but I feel like there was another story right after that one that was very similar to one I was working on. Well, its okay. Sort of. I don't believe Cohen will make a good film for one. And for the other, mine was more of a fantasy film but set in medieval times.
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It's got atrocious dialogue (the aforementioned swing away), and drowns in trying to cram in every single omen that he could think of. Everything is meant to be building up to this big payoff- and what happens? You get Martians made out of sugar. Fuck that.
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Cohen is capable.
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Jun 10, 2009 11:49:18 AM CDT
I think the Signs script is very well done.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...it is an alien invasion on a personal level. I'd go with that approach over ID4.
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at least I think there was.
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Because that's an atrocious script as well. I don't mind a small scale alien invasion- in fact that's why I watched it. I do mind pretentious pseudo religious drivel (and a really sophomoric level of understanding), cardboard cut-out characters, revolting kids, tedium, over-portentousness that leads nowhere, plot holes you can drive a truck through, and flat out awful dialogue. No, I am not a fan of that film.
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Ridley Scott is being told that he has to do the Alien prequel. Leaving aside the fact that it's a prequel, this may not actually suck.
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Aliens are advanced enough to build a ship that can cross interstellar space, but they don't know how to make at least a flintlock pistol?
Signs reminds me of the Simpsons when Kodos and Kang conquer earth. "You're superior intellect is no match for our primitive weapons." and "Run Kodos. He has a board with a nail in it!" -
Jun 10, 2009 11:57:10 AM CDT
I sure wish Signs would be on one of the movie channels
by just pillow talk
Because I remember thinking it was okay until the end confrontation with that silly looking alien and the bat.
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There's no hope for this site sometimes. I still say ALIEN 5+ NEIL MARSHALL= GOLD!
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will he pour his heart and soul into it? I would think not.
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I feel all warm and altruistic now. I may not kick that tramp on my way home tonight.
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alien universe. Have him do another movie with random shit thrown in like Doomsday. Have Doomsday in Space or something. Fuck, he could do astro lesbians vs. werewolves on the moon.
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He seems like it. That TB is killing my altruism. Maybe humanity is doomed.
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Somebody here mentioned Johnny Carson earlier. Everytime I drive past Slauson I think "Take the Slauson Cutoff. When you get there, cut off your Slauson,"
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Jun 10, 2009 12:01:28 PM CDT
i don't get why you guys say Neil Marshall...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...because of one film with monsters in the dark? I would rather see Proyas take it.
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Chris Cunningham. That's a fucking belting idea. If you've seen Come To Daddy then you know what I mean. But no to prequel.
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Dog Soldiers I enjoyed, love The Descent, and I am one of the few who pisses his pants with glee while watching Doomsday.
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I say Marshall because he's great at hiding things and then revealing them and his films are all about atmosphere. Which I consider to be essential for Alien.
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...and I just don't get the love for it. It looks like all those kind of movies. The only thing that sets it apart is some pretty creative editing choices. I saw the last 25 minutes. I would hire this fucking nut E. Elias Merhige to direct. He would capture the spirit of Giger.
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having said that. I still want Cunningham to get it.
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I only caught the last half hour, but it's with Dinero, Liam, and Jeremy Irons. Just wondering if it's any good leading up to the end there.
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to be honest. I actually think it's a better film before the monsters show up. Dog Soldiers is fucking epic- and a great example of how to hide the fact you've got no money, and DOOMSDAY is awesome.
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Jun 10, 2009 12:11:41 PM CDT
shit...knew I shouldn't have just caught the end then
by just pillow talk
I don't know how I never saw it with a cast like that.
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Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfasthehehehehehe
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in the darkness without the creatures worked quite well. How their little adventure quickly turns south when they get lost and getting deeper and deeper into the caves.
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Jun 10, 2009 12:14:17 PM CDT
Doomsday had a budget of 27 million American.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Thats hardly 'No money'
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....I think I actually enjoy the first half more. Haven't seen it in a long time.
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that had little money.
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Jun 10, 2009 12:16:38 PM CDT
The beginning of Descent does sound better.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
.....the ending just felt so Platinum Dunes hip remakeish to me.
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motivations and discoveries of the native peoples, and they formed a bond so to speak, with them against the European invaders.
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Jun 10, 2009 12:18:29 PM CDT
you can always just watch the first half of The Descent
by just pillow talk
before the creatures show up Danny. I'm positive you will enjoy that a ton more. Some of the spots they have to get through are quite tight, and their minds start playing tricks on them. It's good stuff.
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It looks so gritty and real. Usually that era on film is far too clean.
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later Danny.
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Bobby D is flawless in it.
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I love the score I gots it on CD!
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I might have to check it out again.
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I'm trying to ask my lady friend via text if she thinks I look like Bill Pullman, but she's never seen ID4!
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I didn't realize Spaceballs was like his breakout role. It was only the third thing he did.
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Didn't know that the guy who directed Casper, which was his first movie, did the recent land of the lost.
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Was nominated for 2 Oscars. I love that movie.
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Jun 10, 2009 1:18:23 PM CDT
Toys is a great film. I watch it every Christmas.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Love that climax with the old school wind up toys helping out. To me, that shit gets me more choked up than anything in Toy Story. I actually feel bad watching the old wind ups get blasted to hell.
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The first 30 minutes or so were tight, it was soaked with atmosphere and a sense of impending doom. Then Shaymalan crawled up his own ass and has lived there ever since. Jesus did that movie disappoint on every level after 30 minutes.The Mission, haven't seen it in years, but I liked it. Danny's right about the look, it's authenticaly grungy and realistic.Neil Marshall, I think the guy is good but I don't like everything he did. Dog Soldiers and Doomsday were great fun but I was not all that into The Descent. Nice look good story but it was missing something for me that I can't quite put my finger on. Maybe I should watch it again.
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Jun 10, 2009 1:51:13 PM CDT
Holy shit. I just read Stallone trained Travolta....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...himself for 5 months for Staying Alive! I guess he prepared for the greased up gayness for that shoot, by shooting Rocky III the year before. Stallone was doing a lot of cock worship in the early 80s.
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directed that. duh.
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I'm pointing out how oiled up and gay those two films are and the fact that he is personally training Travolta is a hilarious image. Both of them in those little cut off 80s sweatshirts. Yum.
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I love Toys, but it no Toy Story. While I am a fan of Frankie Goes To Hollywood, nothing tops good ole Randy.
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in the 80s was cool
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And I never cared enough about a single toy to connect with Toy Story. But Tim Allen's voice makes me want to cut myself.
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Connect with Sid?
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adam lambert.Why would you want to listen to that?
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Is my favorite. Its got Mr.T. Anything with him instantly gay proof.
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I'm in NH for what it's worth, though VT is but a 15 minute drive West of here (AKA Our Friends On The Left). The Boar were brought in by some guy who owned the Estate 100 years ago and they've kept the place filled w/ deer and boar and some other shit. It's fenced off and you need to belong to their Hunting Association or whatever the hell it's called, there's a waiting list longer than Harold's list of childhood faves. I think Signs works really well-I bought the whole 'Swing Away' part, I liked the fact you had some spooky Scooby Doo type aliens that were maybe dumber than dirt and just on a raid, I liked the tinfoil hats and the reference to 'Arabs defeating the Aliens thru the use of an ancient weapon', never knew the Squirt gun was the savior of Mankind did ya? Anyways it's a movie I like. *shrugs* that's all. You either buy the premise of something like that(Field of Dreams) entirely or you do not. Rocky III is okay but I prefer the IV.
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=the MUCH promised and long awaited Giant Robot Lions weren't in it, THAT'S why! Shymalion failed to deliver on them, and so-you naturally were throwing things at the screen while wearing your lion Hat. Fuckin' Hollywood.
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Being filmed in PA????
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....on stage. But there is a little location work in some distant foreign country I forget.
And I still like Rocky III. Its ok. Its the worst of all of them-- but I can't really dislike a Rocky movie. Even though its ball on ball action. But its does erase the color lines, which is good. It made it acceptable for a black man to butt fuck a white man. But only in L.A. -
The M. Knight movie starring Rosie O'Donald?
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I loved the original, one of the best action movies of the 70s, but this remake looks so unnecessary. Plus, I think the casting is all wrong. John Travolta should be the hero and Denzel should be the villain. Travolta is always just chewing scenery when he plays a villain - he should be twisting his mustache - be he was awesome in Blowout as a man in over his head. He should channel that again.
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I never even heard of M. Night and Rosie doing a movie.
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Looks like a good rental.
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She plays some nun or something. It was WAY before he got famous. Its the first movie on his IMDBizzle.
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http://tinyurl.com/m33b6l
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-I'll be giving these upcoming movies a pass save for Big Robots etc and maybe that Depp as Dillinger one. That might be good. But the rest-Pelham, Harold Potter X, GI Jose, Ice Age III, etc--are rental terrain. Maybe I'll go see GIJose just for the Team America aspects, but....
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All he cares about is making sure everyone knows that Stargate is the best thing ever made in the universe, and he will call everyone who disagrees with him a gay faggot that likes to shove carrots up his ass. Or something less creative than that.
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has this strange obsession with me. Every time I am on a TB with him he has to mention how much he wants to eat me, or that I smell good and should come to Papa.
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You know, that 100 year old random Pagoda hotel. And I think I heard he's also shooting in Greenland.
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I hope the movie is good, but the trailers have kind of left me disappointed. I just hate the look of digital cameras, especially with period pieces.
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Esp in "Two lane Black Top", "Stripes" and "the Wild Bunch". He was unique.
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It just isn't doing it for me. And I agree with Conti, something about using the Miami Vice/Collateral look with this gangster period piece isn't rubbing me the right way. And I find it strange that the ads don't seem to feature Christian Bale in it at all.
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And daughter. They both work in production here in Charlotte. Tim's a cool guy. They go back to their ranch in Montana or North Dakota every once in awhile.
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Ebonic_Plague, MrGlover here, TurdontheRun, The Pazoozoo, MrGeyser, etc. It's actually Entertaining. Robert Patrick as liquid Metal Man. Classic.
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And Oates had kids? very cool. I like his legacy if you will, he was a good good character actor.
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Interesting movie by Monte Hellman, director of "Two-Lane Blacktop", about Oates as a guy looking to become cockfighter of the year and refuses to speak until he does.
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Never saw "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" and I seem to have missed every other big film he was in.
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Go see some Oates movies. See "The Wild Bunch", "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia", "Dillinger", and "Stripes" first, then maybe move on over to "Two-Lane Blacktop."
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And fuck no they weren't Stayin' Alive. There was a paternity suit awhile back for one of them....some groupie saying he fathered her kid in the 80s.
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when chris farley took a dump, he named it david spade.
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I think I'm going to do a Western kick when I get back from vacation next week. I've been meaning to do westerns, as that's one genre I ignored as a kid, not really being interested in it. So I am very ignorant of the genre for the most part. Never saw Unforgiven either. I plan on saving that for last. I did see For a Fistful of Dollars in college, but that was for a paper comparing it to Yojimbo.
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Save Bad Girls for last. Because it sucks.
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Didn't mean to mix up the title with its sequel and make it look like I need my film geek ID card revoked.
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John Candy as Oxburger rules!
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For when you mix up titles like I did? You mentioned it above but I can't find it.
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In the Iron Man 2 TB for calling out the site and those who work on it. I think I'll be safe; I and others have said much worse before. But again, those wielding the banhammer are so fucking unpredictable.
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oates from hall and oates was also an actor.
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I think that is what you mean.
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you're cool. I doubt they ban cool dudes, unless they make fun of scriptgirl.
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Jun 10, 2009 6:06:19 PM CDT
badgirls was the first movie I saw with drew barrymoore naked in
by ironic_name
furious masturbation!
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Portmanteau. Portmanteau. Portmanteau. Gotta say it over and over to remember. Portmanteau.
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I looked over there to see what you're talking about. Haven't been in there all day. What the fuck?! Now I'm responsible for the lack of exclusives. Jesus.
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You are masturbating to Natalie Portmanteua.
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Thanks for the kind words, though. But even with those bannings, I never understood them. They made no fucking sense and no one ever owned up to them. I chalk them up to either mistakes or asshole moderators. Which is why I railed against Mori and Harry for awhile requesting TB rules and regulations, or a message from the mods explaining WHY such and such was banned so that the rest of us don't make the same mistake. Its such an easy solution to a stupid problem. And it pisses me off to think they just shrug that shit off like it doesn't matter. And I tend to make fun of Scriptgirl too =). Actually, that was the beginning of a furious few months of railing against AICN, once I heard of the mass bannings in the SG TB without reason.
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Genius. I can get behind that. I've had an absurd crush on her since I was 13 and saw The Professional. Mmmmm mmm. Natalie Portmanteau. Deliciously brilliant example.
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It was a shining beacon of film geekery before you showed up, asshole.
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On Jodie Foster thanks to Taxi Driver and Bugsy Malone.
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its wierd, a global event like those ads for flash forward.
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And Jewish girls don't trim. I fucking the bush.
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But I was distracted when I started grinding the pillow in between laptop and cock.
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But she has probably gotten more bush than me.
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Badoompboomp!
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Thats you Sal....right? I barely remember the name. Did we have it out?
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Mainly bc I was doing the same damn thing. Minus the pillow of course.
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Because of all the stupid DGDG imitators and guys who attack him. Everyone complains about you Danny, but shit their bitching and sabotage is more distracting and annoying than anything they accuse you of.
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People are firecrackers out there today for some reason. But the imitators are gone for the time being. I guess Kung finally gave up. GOD DAMN ITS A GOOD DAY TO BE ALIVE IN A TB!
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I said GOD DAMN what a rush!
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Fact is I don't remember interacting w/ you much one way or the other, sorta like w/ say, BSB. He's on all the time but I never bother w/ him. I got banned as Bodet last Sept by Drew AKA 'MrBathhouseWonderBuns' for making a joke invoking him, Uncapie, Minor-Jeff, writing for John Carpenter, a boxing match free for all, and Hooked on Phonics. It was accurate, funny, and responsible for multiple bannings. Uncapie loved it for what it's worth.
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...on email. He's a cool cat. <p
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but really, d'you think Jean got some? he is french?
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He say 'You like le' older men...NO?!"
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Thank goodness. Dumb bitch. I just read through her email transcripts and she sounds like a grade A moron. Somehow, the fact that being Miss California was a job eluded her.
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He's been around the LaLaland circuit for years. I think he's a good egg.
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Jun 10, 2009 6:45:25 PM CDT
are nat's pubes are long enough to make those curly things?
by ironic_name
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And totally not ban-worthy. Some people are too damn sensitive.
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He ALSO left the same way as Uncapie, but didn't see hide nor hair of him, not even in those Ultimate Kickboxing things on cable. Maybe he's in a puking contest out in Oxnard.
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http://kotaku.com/5285082/enormous-gundam-is-done
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As thin skinned as a leftover snausage. Seriously. The guy lambastes folks like Ron Wells to pieces, likes to review un-published scripts etc-but when some other site did that to him, WHAMMO! out came the lawyers. Gimme a break. IT was a somewhat OBVIOUS fuckin' joke too-putting together the two guys who left that summer-Uncapie and Minor-Jeff, and tossing in Minor-Jeff's little Bolling Match, and etc. I thought it was funny.
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Jun 10, 2009 6:49:57 PM CDT
There is that TB where jeff comes back and goes off....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....on Mori. Does anyone know how to find it?
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Giant fucking Robots! yes those Whacky Japanese.
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And got beat up. And then AICN disavowed all knowledge of him. I was on a particular TB where he and Moriarty had it out a few months ago. Wish I could google that...
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He emailed me out of nowhere telling me good work on AIBN. He was gone before I became a regular...
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...it was like 6 months ago and he was screaming at Mori for never offering to pay him or Vern a cent. Damn. How do we find it?
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http://www.aintitcool.com/node/37873
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But I can't think what else to google along with it. If I could remember what story it was in or some of the things said it would be easier. Maybe TheRealMiraJeff and "paid me".
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Jun 10, 2009 7:03:18 PM CDT
Still looking for jeff story, but I found this!!
by dannyglovers_dickblood
In the TB where Moriarty dropped the link to Darabont's Indy IV draft, that was sent in by a reader. "I knew it would generate A LOT of interest...
by Sheridan Cleland Jun 12th, 2008
But I wasn't prepared for AICN to link to it. Some notice would have been nice, so I could have at least prepared for it. Now I lost my whole goddamn site.
"Sheridan...
by TheRealMoriarty Jun 12th, 2008
... sorry about that. I didn't mean to kill your site. But you posting it was news. Hopefully you'll get your archives back and be able to continue." -
I thought that was hilarious. "Now I lost my whole goddamn site!"
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But its a good dumb movie to put on tv to play in the background while working. The best out of their stupid set of "Blank Movie" films. Much better than Date Movie and Epic Movie and Disaster Movie, etc. But thats not saying much. Maybe bc this one, at times, pretended to be movie-specific.
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Jun 10, 2009 7:05:16 PM CDT
But was that the handle he used when he came back/
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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http://www.aintitcool.com/talkback_display/32030 It has nice entry or two from Moto, who isn't on enough nowadays to my thinking.
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http://tinyurl.com/lfq3t4 ENJOY
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Jun 10, 2009 7:13:00 PM CDT
Its weird how everyone slams Uncapie in there.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....I thought he was well liked.
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And its weird that I was in that Uncapie TB and I have no memory at all of it. Fuuuuuuuck.
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I was in it too but I've been banned and had my entire history deleted.
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I'm a fan of Uncapie, I LOATHED Minor-Jeff, so--there ya be. I thought you'd like seeing this.
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Thanks Sal. I like reading the drama. Jeff's story makes me sad. :( Wonder what he's doing now.
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Jun 10, 2009 7:27:49 PM CDT
Oh I was just re-reading one of Minor-Jeff's little screeds ther
by sal_bando
AND HE NAME-CHECKS ME! YES! I am 'full of HATE' oh my. Minor-Jeff, you fucking DESERVED every single jab, left hook and spew of Vomit you spewed forth up in BC. Twice.
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Just got banned a couple months later and like yourself, everything was Yanked. You know.
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Jun 10, 2009 9:02:21 PM CDT
Sal do you remember which TB Minorjeff challanged me to a fight?
by xiphos_2
That was a funny TB. I emailed him repeatedly to set it up but I never heard back.
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-can locate it I think--
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Looks like a pretty good time. Even through the slight stuttering that my computer always performs when confronted with an Apple Quicktime trailer. And even though it looks like Bob Richardson's doing more of that halo-round-the-head type lighting that gets on my nerves a little bit.
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read and enjoy! http://tinyurl.com/lebgy3
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FYI, the second film in that trilogy was "For a few Dollars More".
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-so we don't get to see what You hadda say in that TB, man I wish I could have seen the shit you were heaping onto him. I was merciless to MinorJeff---many Bolling for Dollars lines etc-but he fucking deserved it, and it was just too bloody easy. Yeah that's a good idea. I'll take on a career marine/army guy who's learned to kill people and break things for a living. Yessir. I'll win that uh-huh. Like me going to hit Brandon Webb or something. Just shoot me NOW.
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to bad I got nuked, I had some funny bits in that TB.
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OWW. Jarv-Jarv especially is a riot-he tells Minor-Jeff 'JUST. STOP. IT. NOW'. It's great. The guy went unhinged right there in front of us all. I loved it.
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I just said something along the lines of why isn't Mira "canvas back" jeffs beat down at the hands of Dr. boll not included. That set off the first reply. After that I just pummled him until he challanged me to a fight, which I knew he would do. That Motherfucker did the same with Jarv and others before so I know I could get him to do it. The postion he took was reCOCKulously stupid and total bullshit thing to do on a message board, especially if you are part of the staff. Yes he was on staff it was an intern postion.
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Or rather, in his case, the Full Minor-Jeff!
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What's her appeal? All she makes me want to do is mix my prescriptions. Other then that pretty lame trailer, looks just like 1408, I'm sorry you just can't do BIG BUDGET horror, everything gets too shiny and over stylized, see The Haunted for example.
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What the fuck, all of the sudden he is everywhere? Showing up in Crank 2 while its getting a second wind in $1 theaters, had a role in that crappy new British person starring in an American problem solver show Mental. Fox doesn't even care if they cover their accents any more.
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Since we are all talking about Crank 2, the reason that movie failed at that Box office. What a fucking terrible trailer. First off the trailer did nothing to make me think that it was anything different then the first. Good for you getting a cameo from Linkin Park feller but using their old ass song just dated the trailer making it scream direct to VHS or something. Lincoln Park songs have the replay value of a bad Micheal Bay film. They should have let Mike Patton score the film because I remember hearing about how he was scoring the film got excited. Forgot about him being in, didn't see it opening weekend. Remembered he scored it, found out it was too late to see it in the nice theaters. Forgot that he scored it, caught it at the $1 theater where I sat in a seat I think was covered in Mt. Dew, sat through the movie wondering how made this bad ass score. Pleasantly surprised when I was once again reminded Mike Patton is the shit.
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I'm so jealous of your $1 theater. They shut down the one in my hometown when I was in high school. Obviously there isn't one in SF.
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I can't seem to remember anything other than a few talkbackers' names. What else are you inputting to find these TBs?
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all of u
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I would take him out to eat. I would take him out for a drink. I would take him out for a movie...
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Not Safe for work?
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Executive Produced Pulp Fiction? Smart man.
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Especially if you know of a good tapas place. if you don't that's cool. In-N-Out and a movie works also.
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Voiced Gizmo??? did not know that.
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Minor-Jeff. What a twat.
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the funniest is when he threatened me with physical violence. I wonder where that one is.
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because me and Mrs. Jarv are broke so are saving it for the weekend.
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A good tapas joint...hmmm. I am sure I can find one.
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I was at the open house party of a friends studio, hitting it up and even got a couple girls numbers. Nothing to write home about but an ego boost. After that we went out with some of the people we knew and hit Sunset Blvd.
Met these girls there next to a strip club called the Body Shot. Turns out they work there. These girls were smoking hot and they were all over me and I was thinking, God am I on fire tonight.
Figured out after an hour that they were also prostitutes and they were just propositioning me.
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and I've got a month in the south of spain to look forward to. Huzzah! Of courses, this may hamper my quest for 500 films, but I don't care.
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I did 500 films for three years in a row.
It is one of the reasons I ballooned up to 285lbs.
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and fuck knows what you could catch.
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so it isn't out of the question. The problem is that periodically I have to inflict a weekend of watching any old bollocks provided it's a film on myself- thus I've seen such platinum stinkers as Dr Dolittle 3 (no Eddie Murphy), Beethoven 3 & 4, Garfield 2 (I don't want to talk about this)and American Pie Band Camp, which is only noticable for the kid that does a dynamite Stiffler impression. I have noticed that British TV seems to repeat the same films over and over again- Screamers is now on it's 6th showing of the year. I won't get fat, but it will psychologically damage me if I have to sit through too much of that- and I'm kicking myself because I've already seen all 4 Alien films, 3 Die Hards and 2 of the Evil Dead films, which are usually fall backs for me when there's bugger all on and I want to watch a film- if I watch them now they don't count towards the total. 500 was optimistic.
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Least I've got Razorback and Midnight Meat Train. That should cheer me up.
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until chaw.
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Dr Dolittle 3? Beethoven 3 & 4? Garfield 2? Shit, the originals where bad enough.
As your friend, Jarv, I will have to ask you to reconsider what you are doing. These movies are like cinematic herpes - once they are in your head the will never leave.
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But I find it hard that it is better than RAZORBACK, so until I see it RAZORBACK will still be the champ.
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Vader-It's just a matter of sticking in things like 'Mirajeff' Xiphos and 'bolle'. He actually singled me out as being full of hate. I think I earned my medal. Jarv-Jarv and boxing hmmm I'll look. Dr Doolittle III? holy shit that has to be harmful in some way.
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Actual fucking movie discussion. Refreshing. I find it hard to be around Conti though sometimes. He makes me want to pre-game the Twilight Sequel Talkback 8-Ball. Kidding. Danny, I sent you guys an e-mail re: domain switch. THE SHIT IS ON!
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http://tinyurl.com/l8prgy Jarv you gotta read your own writing here. Very funny.,
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Garfield 2 look mint. More annoyingly http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/06/10/eli-roth-in-talks-to-remake-the-funhouse/A pox on Roth.
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"I’m talking with Universal about that one. The Funhouse is a movie where the first half is brilliant—they set up these great characters—and then they pay off none of them. You have Marco the Magician sawing his daughter in half, the brothers who run the carnival and the funhouse setting. And then it’s all about this weird mutant thing. It should be about the kids getting killed in horrible ways, put in different contraptions in the funhouse and the final girl being strapped into the ride and sent into the tunnels to be confronted by terrifying tableaux of her dead friends. A smart remake could be so much fun. Kill the kids in fabulous ways and continually reuse the bodies by making them freaks in the freak museum, sew their eyes shut, waxworks… That’s the stuff I want to do in a remake of The Funhouse." I hope he dies of a prolapsed rectum. Talentless douchebag. That little thing makes me appreciate the original more. Which is great timing seeing as I am currently writing the review.
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Good lord he's a talentless suck. There's a complete void where his brainstem is. Dang.
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It's the one where he actually threatened to beat me up. I'll find it- he says something like "If you show up in LA then I'll pound you"
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Remove spaces: http://www.aintitcool.com/talkback_display/36638
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what a dickhead: http://www.aintitcool.com/talkback_display/35448
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I was quite sad it never responded to any of our posts.
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Very funny stuff. I laugh just skimming some of it. Minor-Jeff was a walking punchline.
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I'm quite impressed that we got up to 2500ish posts in this one. We need a new twitch.
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sidenote: this fucking rain is getting pretty fucking old fucking quick. Fuckers.
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Huzzah!I'm going to the zoo in my lunch hour.
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It seems we've switched the fucking weather. It rains here 4 or 5 days a week for almost the past month or so.Fucking grass keeps growing...Maybe I'll go drown in a puddle outside my office...
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that you can see from the bridge over the canal. I'm off to investigate whether one can be harnessed to ride into work.
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not that there are bad aod quotes. altho I prefer the pal/eu "I ain't that good" to the us "good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun"
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who ya gonna call?
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they were only reasonably large pigs. Quite unfit for transportation purposes.
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they were only reasonably large pigs. Quite unfit for transportation purposes.
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I am certain that modestly large pigs do not deserve that.
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Dude, thanks for all your contributions. Your artwork is outstanding.Conti, you still got game brother. And yes, nothing adds pounds like living next door to a video store and having student loan money to blow on beer and pizza. I'm 6'0" and 10 years ago I ballooned up to 250lbs (113kg) doing nothing but living the Jabba lifestyle. Thankfully I got my act together and dropped 60 lbs.What's going on with the AICN discarded? Seriously, does anyone go to Hitfix? And WTF is up with the Bats on a Plane movie that Mori and his idiot partner wrote?And why does Harry continue to drink and party like a rockstar? It doesn't look like he's dropped much weight for a guy who slapped a heroin tube around his gut.Exactly how many Cool Cuts columns did we get? That thing crashed and burned faster than Der Hindenburg.So here's my question of the day. What's the biggest age gap you'd allow between you and your significant other?I want to give a big shout out to all the new contributors who have kept Twitch going the past few weeks. We lost quite a few regulars but it seems our numbers have replenished.
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Man I was just looking at the movies that have come out this year and last year. So far this year has sucked balls. Like last year has at least 10 movies that are destined to become classics, this year has nothing. Maybe Crank 2, need to see if it ages better then Crank 1. I mean even the small movies suck this year. And for how great Up was its not going to be one of those iconic movies, a great one yes but not something everyone knows.
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Jun 11, 2009 9:17:12 AM CDT
10 classics last year? What? The Hottie and the Nottie?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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I personally could never see myself with someone significantly younger/older than myself. I'm thinking four years would have been the largest gap, but as one gets older, the gap tends to widen a bit me thinks. I think once one reaches a certain age, the gap lessens in importance. But I prefer someone as close to my age as possible...experiences of life and whatnot.
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I am so fucking tired!
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There are no bad quotes.First you want to kill me, then you want to kiss me. Blow.
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Sleep is overrated.
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Can an American answer something for me- Mrs. Jarv was saying that I can't put booze in the post to America because of some stupid law and I'd have to DHL it, rather than using the Royal Mail's excellent fastpost thingy. Is this true? Even if it's properly wrapped etc?
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Sleep is, moving all your belongings up four flights of stairs is even more so. As for age gap, tried to get with an eighteen year old chick last week. I hate the fucking games that the younger generation plays.
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I used to go out with an 18 year old when I was 24 and it was shit. Nothing in common apart from a shared fondness for her perky boobs.
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Wall-E, TDK, Speed Racer, Rambo, Tropic Thunder, Milk. And maybe Hellboy 2, Ironman, Slumdog, The Fall. Pushing it Kung Fu Panda, Ben Button, Twilight.
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You can't mail booze.
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Shit, I struggle to think of 10 outright classics- In Bruges, Wall-E, TDK are obvious candidates, but then after that I'm going to have to think
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Jun 11, 2009 9:41:50 AM CDT
We've got Danny, Mr. Z and Pillow on at the same time
by hawaiian organ donor
My heart is glowing like E.T.'s.Sleep is definitely overrated. I get about five hours a night and I get by.So far the only movies from 2009 that I've seen are Paul Blart (crap), Underworld 3 (crap), He's Just Not That Into You (uncomfortable as fuck), The International (awesome), The Hurt Locker (perfection) and Star Trek (meh). So overall not looking so good. I refuse to count Outlander and Taken as those played internationally last year. But I loved both.Thanks for your input Pillow but it didn't help me out.
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Why not?
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But people do it all the time.
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too many people outright hate it.
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Sheesh.I'd say 10 classics are produced a year only if you have minging taste in movies. On average I'd say there's no more than 2-3 movies I'd put in the vault.Jarv, you may have to hold on to the booze until I came visit and we can drink it together.
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...films you will return to over the years. 3/4 of his list is hated.
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anyone want to continue this conversation where it doesn't take 3 hours to refresh?
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I've been having a pop at those fuckers who keep posing as you. But they keep multiplying, like an exceptionally 'fey' Agent Smith.
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Well, I'll find something else then. I wonder what cool shit I can get at the American Werewolf in London showing.
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Those movies though. No one think TDK or Wall-E are going to be classic?
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Hhhhmmmmmm......are we talking relationship or casual fuck? If its a casual fuck obviously who cares? An 18 year old would have no problem fucking an attractive 45 year old if she looked good. But personally-- actual relationship-wise. I would probably stick to someone within 5 years of my own age. Anything farther than that is possible, I just think it requires more work for two different minds to merge on the same level.
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Jun 11, 2009 9:58:56 AM CDT
I stand by my belief that TDK will lose it's luster over time
by hawaiian organ donor
A classic holds up as well the tenth time you watch it as it did the first. And I know several people who say TDK doesn't hold up as well under repeated viewings. In another 10 years I honestly believe it'll be considered a very pedestrian effort.Wall-E is hard to say. Animation seems to retain a fondness in people's hearts that is hard to shake. I personally didn't like it but I have yet to hear anyone who does who says repeated viewings don't hold up.
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Other Pixar films will be seen as classics in 25 years. But Wall-E will be like Pixar's The Three Caballeros-- remembered but not hailed.
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....and they all seemed pretty lukewarm to Wall-E. They liked it...but they weren't excited to talk about it. One of them is a very close friend I've know my whole life, and he was honestly more excited after seeing Cars. Just gauging reaction of people I know-- I think Up will be seen as more of a classic than Wall-E.
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Jun 11, 2009 10:06:11 AM CDT
And I actually like a lot of the stuff on Series' list
by hawaiian organ donor
Speed Racer, Rambo, Tropic Thunder, Milk, Slumdog, The Fall and Kung Fu Panda are all perfect 10s in my book. For me, 2008 was a much better year than it gets credit for. In fact, there might very well be more than 10 classics from last year. And that is rare indeed.
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Jun 11, 2009 10:10:59 AM CDT
I think Iron Man will be totally forgotten eventually....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
The film is too generic.
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I agree. 6 months in 2008 was far better than 6 months in 2009.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! That's what we get for discussing the film so much. That bastard's been reading our talkbacks and thinking "Hey, that sounds like a great movie! Let me go watch it and... holy shit, I think I'll remake it since virtually almost no one knows about it! Success!" Damnit.
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It'll be held in higher regard than comic movies like Superman Returns and X3 but it sure won't be viewed like it was last year.But the same thing can be said about Star Trek.
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Because the sequel is going to iron out every single flaw.
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'08 a much stronger year. So backing up a bit, The International was pretty good Hawaiian? I was actually wondering about that one...
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In 15 years people won't even remember the prequels. They will still be watching Shatner and Nimoy. And no the same cannot be said about Star Wars because every new generation of kids fucking love the prequels.
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because of that dialogue free first 45 minutes. That's the kind of shit that people also consider to be classic. Whether it will be loved is a different matter. Doesn't matter because it's fucking delightful. Donor- re the booze, the chances of me a celtic late stage dipsomaniac being able to hang on to booze for too long are limited, but any time you want to come over, you're more than welcome. I'm going to chance putting it in the post anyway.
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What. The. Fuck?
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because of that dialogue free first 45 minutes. That's the kind of shit that people also consider to be classic. Whether it will be loved is a different matter. Doesn't matter because it's fucking delightful. Donor- re the booze, the chances of me a celtic late stage dipsomaniac being able to hang on to booze for too long are limited, but any time you want to come over, you're more than welcome. I'm going to chance putting it in the post after payday anyhow.
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...in the trailer when Clive smokes that fool on the roof. Of course he probably doesn't really smoke him at that point. But don't tell us!
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but it's by no means a classic. I compare calling a movie a "classic" to calling a baseball player a "hall of famer". That's not a term that should just be attached to any movie, it takes a really special movie to have that title. It's got to be a beloved movie that makes one smile no matter how many times it's viewed...giddy even.
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This is the bit that makes me want to jam a #2 pencil in his mouth: "it should be about the kids getting killed in horrible ways, put in different contraptions in the funhouse and the final girl being strapped into the ride and sent into the tunnels to be confronted by terrifying tableaux of her dead friends." Stupid, useless, talentless cuntsack. How much can you miss the point by? This is why he'll never be fit to scrape the coke residue off Tobe Hooper's dislocated septum.
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Jun 11, 2009 10:24:32 AM CDT
I'd like to think Cool Cuts crashed and burned bc of Talkbackers
by d.vader
Which makes me optimistic Harry will finally drop ScriptGirl. But I get the sense Yoko felt really offended by it all, whereas ScriptGirl won't stop making videos. Harry justneeds to stop posting them.
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should be limited as well.Wall-E is not delightful.
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Jun 11, 2009 10:25:20 AM CDT
flaming leg kick from paddington bear to the giant pigs.
by ironic_name
that is all.
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Well what age am I? I'd go with... 20 years. Maybe. If I'm 50 I'll go with 30.
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It was very boring in the middle. And the problem is the action scenes aren't even good.....so with boring character moments and so-so action....I dunno. The more I see it the more it just feels like a vehicle for Robert Downey to remind the world he's still alive, and he's still incredibly cool. I'm really sick of him now. Too much fake cute arrogance that gets mixed in with actual arrogance.
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see you either here or in the new twitch.
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It is merely for the tartness of the pussy, and nothing else. No fucking way is a 50 year old enjoying his conversation with a chick that was in her 20's last year.
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True - because those kids saw them first. Whichever you saw first is what sticks with you.
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Sure as fuck isn't going to dig on how low-tech the originals are. Not unless he takes a film studies course, and the lecturer makes them study that shit.
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I stand alone with Danny that QoS was not only a f'n fantastic movie but the best Bond in years. And yes, I stand alone period that Panda was movie perfection. I understand why people hate it but watching that cunt on the big screen upstairs with the volume cranked makes me giddy each and every time. I ain't going down this road again. No one agrees with my crap tastes and I wear that bit like a badge of honor.The International had a lot of stuff to groan about but that shootout in the Guggenheim is (and I'm not kidding here) one of the ALL TIME FINEST action sequences ever shot. There's not a single legendary director who could have done it better. Not even Peckinpah. For that scene alone that movie gets top marks.
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I don't like Iron Man, don't think it'll even make the 5 year mark. Maybe some background shot for a special effects montage.
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Goldeneye is the best bond ever.
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I think HOD may have been asking actual relationship wise.....how big of a gap is too big. Because if its just for the dick or the pussy, to quote The Rock "IT DOESN'T MATTER."
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Was what the fuck was the point of David Cross, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Lu, Seth Rogan? They had what maybe 5 lines each? And Jackie Chan's monkey? They were just stupid characters that added nothing to the movie.
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Although 20 is more than I'm potentially looking at.And I hate to admit it but I agree that kids who see the prequels at a very young age will probably love them forever, the same way we still cling to garbage from the 80s.
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See y'all on the other side.
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Movie could have been epic with all its characters, like The Lion King or something, and instead they just wasted all their potential. The Furious Five should have had a reason for being, like by helping Po realize his potential, rather than just ridiculing him the whole movie and then getting beat by Tai Lung.
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Just props to make cool fight scenes. And the use of big names is just typical dreamworks crap. Seriously I think Seth Rogan had less then 10 lines, how much did he get paid??? Probably over a million.
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Figured I'd muscle in on the ground floor this time.
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It had to be said!
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Take that, Goths!
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