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ScoreKeeper Dares You to Attend the PREDATORS CD Signing in LA with Composer John Debney
Greetings! ScoreKeeper here giving a quick call to all LA based AICN movie score geeks. Many of you may already know about this but just in case I thought I'd let you know that John Debney will be signing copies of his latest score for PREDATORS (2010) released by La-La Land Records.
PREDATORS creature performer Brian Steele will also be in attendance.
The signing will take place Saturday, July 10th, at 5:00PM at Dark Delicacies (3512 W. Magnolia) in Burbank, California. THAT'S TOMORROW!
For more information check out iFMagazine.com or Dark Delicacies or La-La Land Records.
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Like Wolfman this year, that poster also copied the Spawn poster. I wonder if the Spawn poster is a copy of something? <P>http://www.publispain.com/posters/spawn.jpg
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"Predator theme by Alan Silvestri" huh? Debney's entire score is made up of Silvestri's themes and motives. The credit is an outrage.
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I don't know if showing a black and white high contrast photo of the character is really "copying."
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It's not just that, its the side they chose also the fact that it just says the title just like Spawn. Like I said Spawn could be a copy of something. Predators at least is the whole body check out the Wolfmen poster, its the exact same thing. And like I said Spawn could've been some copy of something. Fuck all three posters could be done by the same company/person and that's just their thing. <P> Wolfmen Poster: <P> http://tinyurl.com/2egw4bd <P> Compare that to the Spawn poster. You can't say they aren't pretty fucking similar. Plus all three movies are on sort of the same level, cheesy almost B-Level monster movie. Not saying that's a bad thing that's just what they are.
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lets be honest about this stuff
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He just did the score to the A-Team so he is available, I don't see why they just couldn't get him to do it instead of Debney. And darthpigman, just get a grip already. At least the music sounded like it belonged in a predator movie. You want someone to bitch to, then go tell Danny Elfman to die in a fire over the lame ass Terminator Salvation soundtrack.
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i think..
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Can't go wrong with one of those.
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SK threads are usually vacant and have low hit counts. but when we leave they are ready to burst.
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in this wretched hive of scum and villainy...
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the limelight of Top Ten Talkbacks. <P> Let's make him happy.
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It's been a rough couple of weeks, but the spirit is still strong.
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this place in rampant with swine guff.
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at the Shelter.<p>That is fucked up.<p>"Avenge me boys! AVENGE MEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Had a bit of a long weekend, but I'm back. <p> Geez, peeps and peebs are out for blood with Predators from the looks of it! Like I said last week, it's not bad at all, just ends up being one of those smaller affairs. But considering the stupid stuff people are saying in other threads at the moment, I'm steering clear of it. <p> And it's not spoiling anything as it was in the trailers to say that all this guff about naming it PredatorS being an affront is a bit over the top, and sorta myopic when everybody realises that it applies to the HUMANS too. Or even just them. Irony, geddit? I actually thought that was pretty cool. <p> Fuzzy, did you have the same Fishburne experience as I did last week?
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at the Shelter.<p>That is fucked up.<p>"Avenge me boys! AVENGE MEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!"
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what's new from the land down under? <P>Where beer does flow and men chunder <P> What the heck is "chunder"?
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at the Shelter.<p>That is fucked up.<p>"Avenge me boys! AVENGE MEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!"
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at the Shelter.<p>That is fucked up.<p>"Avenge me boys! AVENGE MEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!"
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in my world
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of the (post) Clones!!! watch out!
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Chuck, spew, rainbow yawn. <p> Like Mac said - vomit!
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stupid work server is fucking up. Don't you just hate when people are trying to get actual work done and it screws up your interweb masturbatory nonsense?
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stupid work.
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I should have figured chunder was vomit. The word even looks "vomity"
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The wife and I had a Singstar night tonight - and yes, "Down Under" is on the playlist! <p> And harking back to a few days ago, we did a 9-song Crowded House medley. Ended on Four Seasons in One Day. Sniff. Made us think of Seeing their farewell concert on the Opera House steps where they did Don't Dream it's Over (geddit?!) and everyone, audience and band included, shed a few tears. Crowded House as a band are back together, but not with poor old Paul Hester... <p> I wish Subby would come back so he could tell me about his meeting Neil Finn story; I forgot to ask him...
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"technicolour yawn"! Ha ha, that's my favourite!
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that is the retching while I yack.<p>HWWWWWOOOORRRRRK! HWWWWOOORRK!*sploosh*
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gotta do some walking before hitting the hay or my bloodsugar will be through the roof after that fantastic Indian tonight! <p> Catch ya later, masturbators!
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http://tinyurl.com/2usgnvw<P> Wow.
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...for the Archives.
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is creepy. Creepy looking and just gives me THE SHIVERS thinking about the person who drew it.
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Ha - yep the Vader one is a really nice piece of work. The other ones were probably painted My Left Foot style (straight-jackets on).
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If you want to see some 'naughty but nice' nsfw art then google Julius Zimmerman.<p> Wonder Woman, Jessica Rabbit, Lara Croft and others having... um.. fun.<p> I love it when a talented artist uses his gift for smut.
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...if there's a way to see his stuff without picking up a nasty virus?<P> I'm a bit of an internet hypochondriac.
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another wall in my subconscious. Who the fuck would think of that? Either someone very, very sick, or someone very, very fucking funny.
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...obsessive and neurotic work paid off for him eventually.
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July 12, 2010, 12:36 p.m. CST
...everything about that Batman drawing is spectacular...
by FlickaPoo
...just the right degree of stiff ineptitude...the way the costume is pushed up over the belly...the expression on his face...<P> I'm starting to think it belongs in MoMA.
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July 12, 2010, 12:52 p.m. CST
...I think it symbolizes that while Superman is the "father"...
by FlickaPoo
...of modern super-heroes, Batman is the fertile future.<P> And of course, the moon reinforces the fertility theme with it's waxing and waning...monthly cycles that parallel menstruation, etc...
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...figure, his grin is malicious and knowing. He seems to have pulled a fast one on Superman.<P> Also, his phallic thumb points directly at Superman's mouth. The symbolism is inescapable. <P> Batman may be the "female" figure in this couple, but he is clearly dominant.
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Earth. Dangling like a dick while pointing toward Supes' head, not unlike Bats' thumb. Unity.
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...but while his eyes are closed, Batman grins triumphantly as though to say "suck my placenta, Boyscout!".<P> One begins to wonder if Superman is even the father...<P>Layers upon layers of meaning.
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http://tinyurl.com/359yv2f
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I enjoyed the hell out of ol' Fishburne in Preds. Does that mirror yours? <p> Got my first ever initial post on the new pic of the day! Yay! <p> Let the blOat begin.
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I imagine you two at an art museum ranting and raving over this superman/batman piece on the wall. <P> Sublime.
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...I've sort of defended him in the past, but goddamn, Mel...<P> He's been in too many movies I really like...I'm trying hard to keep them from being retroactively ruined.
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but ill be damned if im gonna see any of his new ones..
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July 12, 2010, 1:33 p.m. CST
and you can pretty much kiss a LETHAL WEAPON 5 goodbye..
by Six Demon Bag
i would hate to be joe pesci when and if danny and mel met again.
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I still like a lot of Cruise's stuff, too.
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Can't wait for the next Pedo-back.
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...by Jodie Foster.<P> It's directed by a woman, so I'm allowed...right?
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...with Holly Hunter and Robert Downey Jr.
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I wonder if Mel called Jodie "sugar tits" on the BEAVER set.
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Nothing. It's even retro hate. I wonder if she'll apply the same standard to Mel.
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...outburst is that people like Jodie Foster have stuck by him in the past. She's quite the feminist, isn't she?<P> I'd love to get her take on the whole thing.
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...of Superman And Batman With Child, we must not neglect the political.<P> Superman isn't American...in fact, he isn't even from planet Earth. He's an alien. Batman is a beloved homegrown icon.<P> The "alien" is in a submissive, yet loving/kneeling position, and the natural born citizen is the fertile bearer of good things for the future...but the evil grin ads an element of menace and threat for the newcomer.<P> And, of course, the decision to show the southern coast of the United States (central to the immigration debate) on the Earth in the background can't be coincidental.
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Batman pregnant with Superman's child is a symbol for assimilation. That Batman is grinning menacingly clearly indicates that the artist has negative opinions of America's cultural hegemony. To the artist, it is a problem that transcends even geographic limits.
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sexuality and politics. It's artwork for the masses. Nay, it is THE artwork for the masses. <P>
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doesn't tell us about our culture and society? I think it can be a new visual bible for the 21st Century. Nay, it is THE Bible of the 21st Century.
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...the couple. Is it part of a space-ship of sorts? The divider in a wall of windows? Is it a permanent dwelling, or love-nest on the moon?<P> Have the figures in fact colonized the moon, just as Superman's seed has so successfully colonized Batman's womb?<P> What we do know for sure, is that it effectively divides the composition in two...a surprising move for so obviously gifted an artist. <P> We must conclude that the choice is intentional, and has meaning.
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that being the feminization of the modern male. Here we have two of the greatest symbols of masculinity and male heroism turned feminine beyond common metro-sexuality.
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some sort of home-like environment. Superman's apparent warmth and comfort hints at the privacy of home.
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it's not on the main page though. I feel it needs a title to go with it for that.
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he just is kinda smarmy and believes his own hype..
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partners in crime!
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the artist is intentionally calling attention to the alien-human inter-species relationship as you guys mentioned.
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is a jackass drunk bastard.<P>hell hes even supposed to be a devout christian..<P>which pisses my wife off to no end when i point out the many hypocrisies of christians who are all about love and whatnot..then they pull shit like this. or bomb abortion clinics..or are racist.
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July 12, 2010, 2:46 p.m. CST
...good point, UnderAsi, but what , then, are we to make...
by FlickaPoo
...of the thick, veiny...practically throbbing depiction of Batman's neck?
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He annoyed the shit out of everyone.
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July 12, 2010, 2:48 p.m. CST
Good point, Flick. If anything, Underscore, it hints at
by ColonelFatheart
the masculinization of the modern female.
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i would like to thank the academya nd tome cruise.<P>thanks
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Superman/Batman piece of art? <P> "The womb-atman"
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he basically had one interview (two if you count that today show mishap) where he invited the media to enjoy the show..<P>but his life has been throughout his career pretty tame and nowhere near oversaturation like the twilight kiddies..<P>hes not really doing anything to attract the attention other thatn being who he is..<P>but he does seem to be really rakish and vapid underneath it all.
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the film and the tom cruise.
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...storage, an acid-free environment, and bulletproof glass.<P> Such a provocative work is bound to draw reactionary scorn and anger.
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centimeters.
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...oh, that drawing gives a whole new significance to The Batcave...that dark, moist, sheltering crevice.
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then I initially thought. Indeed, Batman is the epitome of masculinity saved for the large baby bump. A perfect dichotomy of masculine/feminine. Muscular body symbolizing masculinity and baby bump representing ultimate in femininity, pregnancy. Superman is physically masculinity, but his position is submissive and his demeanor feminine.
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"Supersperm and Bat-cave: A confluence in the dichotomy of masculine/feminine roles in society and comicbooks" <P> Too wordy?
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i just found out that although ive been doing a hell of a job on WHO TARD'D (if i do say so myself), i couldnt leave well enough alone<P>i found out that while the vast majority of the serials are on DVD, a scant few are on VHS and in the case of the ones that are lost forever (due to their shortsightedness--they also erased the apollo 11 moon landing!!!, the BBC have released the soundtrack masters on CD.<P>so now i am at a crossroad, i am going to trek on with the DVD serials and when (and if) I get the VHS and CDs, I will do those too, which, due to the timeline of the interlibrary loans, wont be chronological. It will be noted in the review when it is audio-only.<P>this massive project i undertook just got a little more massive.<P>wheres michael bay when you need him? i need a SHIT JUST GOT REAL swooping camera shot.
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...words are inadequate to the task. If the artist could have expressed himself in words, I'm sure he or she would have done so...but clearly words are insufficient.<P> Only Art can adequately express such contradictions.
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and what Galactic location is this exactly? It has to be like Venus. POV is looking at the Earth with the Moon behind it. I think the moons gravitational pull is having an effect on Batmans mammary glands.
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make your quest all the more difficult, and rewarding. <P> Good luck, we're all counting on you.
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July 12, 2010, 3:07 p.m. CST
...it'll just increase your glory in the long run, Sixies...
by FlickaPoo
...when the arrows of misfortune block out the sun...you'll watch DR. WHO in the shade.
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the sun and earth correspond to the round shape of Batman's pregnant belly. Perhaps this work is in need of another layer of pop cultural reference? Let's title it "I'm a planet," which is a line from JUNO.
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Ted Kord back. He's birthed by Batman, and Superman is is father.
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come back THAT way.
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ushers in a modern Baroque style. The artist is almost certainly European, juxtaposing modern classic American males into a submissive early European style.<p>Mentally stimulating as it is...it insults me.
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I haven't picked up an actual comic book since I was about, oh, 12, but I'd be outside waiting every month for the comic shop to open when the latest issue in that series drops.
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but the question is--would teddy be happy that his character came back like that??<P>prolly not.
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July 12, 2010, 3:19 p.m. CST
I think Teddy would take Ted coming back in any form
by ColonelFatheart
at this point. <p>Prove me wrong, Ted!
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...the image has a definite Holy Family/Mother And Child feel...I just hadn't come up with a theory yet.<P> Of course, visibly pregnant (pre-birth) nativity scenes are rare in art history due to the sexual implications, overtones, undertones, and innertones of the pregnant belly.
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Batmasterpiece, too. Alas!
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the trials and tribulations of being a superhero and raising a child
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Really, really butch ones at that. <p>That's what this painting is trying to tell us.
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used his x-ray vision to see if it was a girl/boy/other? <P> And then be mean and not tell Batman?
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Fortress of Solitude. It will be a home birth and Martian Manhunter will be the midwife.
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Later, Flick
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The pregnant belly is visually representative of a giant breast with the outy belly button acting as surrogate nipple. Superman assumes the role of submissive child in worship of Batman the Madonna figure's breastlike belly. Ther Earth and sun mirror the roundness of the breast.
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I'm trying to stay busy. Need people to talk to.
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but what's up D?
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UP mini-review by The Dojo.<p> This wasn't one I took my 5yr old daughter to at the theater, and i'm glad of it. I wish my grandfather had been alive to take tho... This is a kids cartoon - for grown ups. I LOVED IT.<p> A quick check on Wiki proves i'm not alone. UP scored 98% on Rotten Tomatoes and is actually Pixars second highest grossing film after FINDING NEMO (given the 'old man' protagonist that really suprises me).<p> I've watched it on Blu Ray and have eaten up the extras too. There's a fun 5 min piece that shows what Doug the Dog was up to before he hooked up with the old man, but more thrillingly there's a travelogue doc that follows the Pixar animators on a trip to Venezuala.<p> I'm a bit of a travel junkie and am now ready to book tickets straight away to visit the Tepui - the flat topped mountains that form the inspiration for UP. What an incredible, alien landscape. Flying there by balloon house would be cooler still, hehe.<p> Five stars out of five from The Dojo.
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with Carl and Ellie (?) stuff. So much emotion and history are told through the visuals.
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STL, yes the opening is really masterfully done. A mini-movie in and of itself like a James Bond prologue - but instead of action you get the emotion of a long life shared with a loved one. And the tragedy of one partner left behind... *sniff*
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through out the movie are touching. <P> Plus awesome balloons!@
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I haven't seen Up yet. The CG stuff just doesn't grab me lately. I like it. I just won't go out of my way to see it.
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Some great jokes in it too, I liked when the talking dogs caught the boy scout,<p> "We've got you now little mailman."<p. "And don't scream for your mailman friends, cos none of them are going help you."
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Mac, I kinda felt lukewarm when the disc landed on my doorstep, but the movie won me over. I guess when a team of animators are all pulling in the same direction you can conjure magic from it. Pixar just seem to really have their shit together in that regard.<p> Might have to take a trip to TOY STORY 3 now...
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I'm never disappointed and it is on my q but I dont go out of my way.
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The first 10 minutes is a heartbreaking work of staggering genius.
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I am actually reading that book right now. How funny is that.
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let the Cera-ness wash over me. This is his masterwork.
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over at Hitfix as reported by ol' Moriarity. Classy stuff. It SUCKS, 'caused I was REALLY wanting to see the cast they could have assembled for a COMIC BOOK MOVIE, but that's the business of show I guess. <p> I mean, think about it: Downey, Jackson, Norton, Scarjo, Evans, Kirkdaddy (sorry, can't recall, too lazy to look), and Renner (maybe even the Cheadle)...who ever thought that we'd live to see quality like that in a COMIC BOOK MOVIE? I know, there are what some would call 'weak links' in there, but that's a pretty impressive lineup. <p> Here's hoping they give us a quality Banner (doubt he'll be in it much), 'cause if Hulk's gonna be a/the heavy for the film, Banner's reaction to the carnage will be an important element. I hope. C'mon Mr Whedon, deliver please. <p> And all this Pixar talk reminds me....Disney needs to do what they can to 'convince' Pixar to do a 'Power Pack' film. It's just about the most perfect Marvel property for them to sink their oh-so-talented teeth into.
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ever since Arrested Development. "Yay! I get to be Mr Manager!" Let us know what you think there MacReady.
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...those Pixar guys go at it with missionary zeal.
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you've already seen it, and "It's his masterwork" is said opinion of the film. Sorry. Insomnia has been striking lately. It take-a me a minute to catch up.
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Predators soundtrack. There's music. From the movie. <----obligatory topic-related post.
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They have had an AMAZING run thus far. So much quality. Even their 'lesser' efforts are head and shoulders above most other American animation houses. You can tell they love what they do, and do what they love. Keep it up Pixar.
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...major, back in the early 90s. Everyone was talking about Pixar and they were nothing but a tiny company that had made one great animated short about a lamp.
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its pretty quirky. I like Cera (as unpopular as it may be). It's more of the same. A little better than usual. So far that is.
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the preview looked pretty good. I'm gonna hafta get Netflix of something. So much I wanna see without blind-buying.
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I wish a few other studios would follow their business model. Y'know, the whole 'if you make a quality product, people will come back again' model.
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NEVER!
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...I laughed at YEAR ONE. Granted, DW and I drank two bottles of bubbly that night...<P> Poor guy's made three or four movies, and everybody acts as though he's been doing the same shtick for 30 years.
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I'm still waiting to see an uncut version of THE INCREDIBLE HULK. As much as they edited it down, I think Norton's rewrite really helped elevate that movie.
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i busted out laughing once so far.
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I think the Schwarzenegger Picnic was my favorite, tho. Just effin' weird.
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Gonna haveta get Starman to put that on the household Netflix queue. I dig Cera, he was great on Arrested Development (who wasn't?), but I think after SCOTT PILGRIM people are going to see him in a new light.
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josh grobin, frodo and MJ
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I loved you guys' interpretation of that picture. I think you guys prolly put way more thought into it than the artist, but I have been known to be mistaken before.
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Because I had no idea who that first guy was. Grobin's some kinda musician, right?
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I keed, I keed.
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cause i'm a faggot.
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...gatha round cheeldren...touch my guns. Ran your handz over them, and feeel the strength. A good pump is better than sex, er...ice cream...
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each new trailer I see makes me wanna see it more & more. Kinda like Inception. 4 DAYS BITCHES! Brains, prepare to have asses kicked.
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quotable lines. It's damn funny.
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Don't get huffy on me, pally. <P> You wouldn't like me when you're huffy.
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its self deprecation. Jokes at my own expense are still jokes. Sensitivity isn't really in my vocabulary.
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Of course, if you DID swing that way it wouldn't mean a thing to me.
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So yeah...final verdict on Youth in Revolt is that it was a bit of alright. No less than 3 laugh out loud, legit lines and that is kind of hard to come by these days. I don't mean "hee hee hee" laughs. I mean if i had been swigging my beer it would have been all over the tv that is 10 feet from me. Not stellar but I would say a solid 3.5 out of 5.
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lies Youth in Revolt. Its that caliber.
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Will definitely be putting that on the queue.
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being at the low end of the spectrum, right? True confession time: hated it. Just a bit less than Nacho Libre. Just. It just did not connect with me at all. My brother loves it, many do. Just not the Fuzzy one.
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...DEVILED EGGS, AND PROTEIN POWDA HERE TO FUCK COHAGAN GOOD!
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the dead pan insults of Rushmore.
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swine guff...take none of it.
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Flick- HAHAHA!
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...I NEED YOUR BASKET, YOUR BLANKET, AND, YOUR SANDWICHES.<P> GIVE THEM TO ME...NOW.
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...any ants."
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...dese sandwishes are derribul."
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You're killing me here, Flick. And as many Arnie lines as I know, I can't come up with a good picnic joke. I give up. <P> But by all means, continue. You may inspire me.
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...after hogging all the Jell-O salad...BECAUSE I'M GOING TO RAM IT INTO YOUR STOMACH AND BREAK YOUR GODDAMN SPINE!
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Used it to start one of my favorite mix CDs once upon a time.
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...going to be room for Arnie's fist when I'm done.
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They just seemed kinda droll. Yours, however, are pulling quotes from the outer reaches of famous Arnie lines. Very commendable.
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Later Flick.
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And not the Iron Man 2 score?
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D23, Disney’s official fan club, has teamed with ArcLight Cinemas to present classic Disney movies every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday throughout the month of August, giving film fanatics a chance to revisit these movies on the big screen. Films include Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Rocketeer, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Black Hole, Escape to Witch Mountain, Cinderella, Pinocchio, Alice in Wonderland, The Jungle Book, Peter Pan, Newsies, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Pete’s Dragon and Mary Poppins. I think I might have to hit up the Black Hole screening at very least.
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...the book just last year.
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he laughs from his mountain.
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quotes! <P> "....TO FUCK COHAGAN GOOD!" <P> "...STOMACH AND BREAK YOUR GODDAMN SPINE!" <P> I actually laughed out loud and my wife turned over and said "What?", then saw what website I was on, then quickly turned back over to go back to sleep. <P> Haters Gonna Hate.
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lightning outside. <P> Merry < P > to all and to all a goodnight!
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It's alright...but I would kill to see 20K leagues under the sea and the rocketeer and of course the classic toons.<p>I have a strange feeling that they are replaying these classics to test the waters. See which ones should be rebooted or remade. That's just the cynic hater in me talking from Texas. Stoopid LA
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Who is your daddy and what did he make for lunch?
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I gotta go look at these pics...
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sorry I missed the art appreciation discussion...
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July 12, 2010, 11:21 p.m. CST
I know I don't get out of the pedalback much...
by Cheeses_of_Nazareth
But, any of you Star Wars Fans heard about this...? The People vs George Lucas...<p>Sounds Awsome...<p>http://tinyurl.com/25lhqyk
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July 12, 2010, 11:48 p.m. CST
Gingrich says he's considering presidential run...
by Cheeses_of_Nazareth
< P > help us all....<p>http://tinyurl.com/26nrjrq
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Might as well wait for the DVD.
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version of what occurs here on the reg. I don't recall being overly impressed with it. Youth in Revolt on the other hand.......<p>I didn't get into it last night but I thought Cera's alternate personality (and by default, a departure from his wishy washy persona that he is usually stuck in) was great. Just a glimpse at what he might be capable of in the future. I may have to watch it again before it goes back.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon sheriff's office says an 87-year-old woman who died after a deputy used a stun gun on her during a confrontation was armed with a pellet gun, not a real handgun. Clackamas County sheriff's deputies Steve Shelly and Alan Alderman responded to a call Thursday about a woman threatening a man working on a water line at the Boring, Ore., mobile home park where she lived. The department says Phyllis Owens briefly set down the gun but picked it up again as deputies approached. That's when Shelly used a stun gun to disarm her. Sheriff's Lt. Paul Steigleder II said Monday the deputies and other witnesses thought the pellet gun was a "fully functioning firearm." Owens died about an hour after being shocked. An autopsy determined heart disease was the cause of death. The county's major crimes team is investigating.
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July 13, 2010, 3:56 a.m. CST
Why would Disney take care of their people. They don't make muc
by MacReady452
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Mickey Mouse mask-wearing protesters were among about 325 union members and supporters who demonstrated against Disneyland over a hotel employee contract dispute. Protesters on Monday wore masks colored with a black eye to represent the union's message that Disney is the black eye of Anaheim, where the amusement park is located. About 2,100 Disney hotel employees have worked without a contract for about two and a half years and there have been periodic protests. The main sticking point is health care costs. Disneyland spokeswoman Suzi Brown says it's unfortunate that the union "continues to focus its energy on protesting" rather than ensuring its members have the security of a contract.
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these 2 kids were playing Russian Roulette and one of them blew his own head off. Kids today.*shakes head* Watch Deer Hunter will ya.
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the absence of Rick Jones has ruined The Hulk franchise from jump. Any true fan of the series knows that it is more of a "my friend the Hulk" story. Rick was the main character.
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good to see we are trucking along..
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trying to keep the pedal backing
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get this shit ad out of my Pedalback. FUCK YOU 4jordanercom. May your endeavor flop like a limp dick.
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register a handle on here, they should use a Captcha implementation to weed out these bots that automatically create logins to do their spamming. It would probably cut out a lot of these advertisement spams.
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infowar crusade though. I prefer jordaner.
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of DannyGlovers_DickBlood.
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in my mailbox today I hope. My mind was blown when I found out about Harvey's death after I literally had just added the movie to my que.<p>I have been on a bit of a dry spell with movies lately but the last 2 days have been decent. I'm going camping next week so movie watching will be nonexistent for 5 days.
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It's good to get away from technology every once in awhile.
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at least the initial reaction and hooplah. I'll see the second I get back but it is almost as frustrating as missing Fred Dekker and The Monster Squad (same day).
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no phone, no nuthin. Take a boat out to an island with a picnic table and fire pit. We bring everything else and just swim, read, listen to music and drink insane amounts for 4.5 days.
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sexy girls shotgunning<p>http://tinyurl.com/2b8qzan
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proceed at your own risk to the above link. First time I went it seemed fine. When I went back it asked for surveys and bullshit. stupid facebook friends and their shit links.
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THE REIGN OF TERROR<P>FIRST DOCTOR. 1964. SEASON 1. SERIAL 8.<P>this is one of those missing serials, available in a truncated visual feast, with two eps gone completely or in full audio enjoyment.<P>i (and my OCD) chose the latter so lets get into it.<P>the doctor and crew (ian, barb and susan) land in england, promising to take barbara and ian back home. they each say their tearful goodbyes and ian even offers to buy the good doctor a drink. Not long after they step outside, they realize they arent in 1960s england but rather 18th century france. they stumble onto an olf farmhouse and take a gander inside. Before long the doctor, upstairs, is knocked out by a mysterious figure and the others taken hostage. they are rebels evading the soldiers who eventually surround the farmhouse.<P>in the skirmish, the two rebels are killed and ian, susan, and barb are taken prisoner and ordered to meet the guilloteen in the morn for being traitors.<P>as the soldiers depart, they burn the farmhouse down, not knowing the good doctor is inside.<P>a boy from nearby hears and helps the doctor out of the burning farm and points him in the direction to paris. meanwhile, the two girls are led to be executed while ian hangs out in his cell, inexplicably getting a stay of execution. en route to their death, the caravan is hijacked by some more rebels who rescue the girls and take them back to a safehouse. ian escapes from the cell cause the jailer is an idiot who leaves the key in the cell door. and the doctor makes his way into the prison by pretending to be someone he isnt. but the head jailer is a little more wary and asks him to hang out until robespierre shows his crazy ass.<P>ian joins up the girls, but not for long cause barb takes a sick susan to the doctor, who immediately reports them to the authorities, who in turn, capture them and take them to the prison where the doctor is.<P>the doc eventually tricks the jailer into turning barbara loose, in hopes of sending the rebels to free the time travelers. a soldier then confronts the doctor and demands him to take him to the safehouse, which he suprisingly does.<P>when they get there, the soldier states that he is conspiring a coup with some other chaps, one of whom is freakin napoleon!<P>in exchange for help, the revolters allow susan to be freed from prison and the coup is a success. as they leave town towards the TARDIS, the gang see a shackled robespierre led into prison.<P>all in all, this was a rollicking good time. its a shame i couldnt watch the damned thing. but the audio presentation was much better than i feared and i am actually forward to the many many audials in the coming weeks--the first two doctors got the short end of th stick in terms of missing serials.<P>NEXT: THE SPACE MUSEUM.
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its wasted on me
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thats why im doing this..its really for the people who arent into it.<P>i wasnt until a few weeks ago when some peebers peaked my interest..i thought id give it a shot..
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I wish him the best. <P> Even though I know nothing of Dr. Who, I still enjoy reading WHO TARD'D. Keep up the good work!
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Its a slow ass day at work and in the Pedalback so everything is appreciated.
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damn..love him or hate him, the man was a baseball icon.
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im trying to make it where you dont hafta watch the show. and also giving you a taste of the serial if you do wish to watch it.
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kinda stifled all his accomplishments for me. I'm no Yankee fan either sooooooooooooooo....meh.
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July 13, 2010, 10:54 a.m. CST
so this starts from the 70's Dr. Who and is gonna go to
by MacReady452
Torchwood?
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until 89 nonstop. it got a tv movie in 96 and then a new reboot in 2004 or 2005.
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He seems to insinuate that the CGI for King Kong, the character himself, was not good. <p> What the fuck is he smoking?
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Holy shit this article is scary in how realistic it sounds... <p>... But at the same time, I can't deny that I'm terribly interested in seeing it happen.
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Holy shit this article is scary in how realistic it sounds... <p>... But at the same time, I can't deny that I'm terribly interested in seeing it happen. <p>http://www.totalfilm.com/features/how-to-reboot-star-wars
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i guess.
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July 13, 2010, 11:34 a.m. CST
...I just drove DD an hour to my sister's, and myself ...
by FlickaPoo
...an hour back. If I don't get a mess of work done this afternoon, I'm going to have to kill myself.<P> Watch out for bad guys.
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do it..
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wow. That was a pretty detailed look into the future. While it was probably written as a humor piece, it doesn't sound totally insane. <P> They should probably just leave the old stuff alone, and do 7-9, with Lucas as a producer and story man. Get a different director and writer in there, and no "yes" men.
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Yes, get on the choppah! and get some work done!
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THE SPACE MUSEUM<P>FIRST DOCTOR. 1965. SEASON 2. SERIAL 15.<P>a seemingly quick one here. the gang land on a planet with the titular museum which is run by the moroks, who also enslave the xerons.as they caustiously enter the museum, they notice themselves on display in exhibits. soon afterwards, the displayed travellers vanish, causing the real ones to wonder the fuck is going on. ive seen enough star trek and back to the future to know that there is some sort of time warp or temporal displacement afoot.<P>meanwhile, the moroks find the vacant TARDIS and begin a seaach for the crew, which doesnt take to long to find the old doctor. he is interrogated but hes too wily for the leader of the museum.<P>vicki stumbles into a group of xe-guys and asks why they dont rise up since they totally outnumber the moroks. hmm. ian sneaks into the museum and tries to break out the doctor who has began the carbonite freezing process to turn him into an exhibit. he succeeds in stopping the process but is captured. the girls are captured too (of course) and it seems all hope is lost and they will actually be turned into exhibits for the space museum.<P>but no! the slaves revolt and fucking kill everyone, and tear that blasted museum to the ground. before they slip away, the doctor steals a souvenir that will prove useful later on in the show...or not.<P>NEXT: THE CHASE
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at this point will be the passing of Lucas. Whenever that occurs. Followed closely by the collection and destruction of EVERY single thing that bears the roman numerals I, II, or III after the words star, wars, and episode.
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or just not touch Star Wars for 10-20 years. <P> I'm all for leaving the history as history. I did see the Star Wars special editions in the 90s, and thought they were cool. But getting older, and looking back, I think they did more harm than good. Why change history? Why not leave the films as they were; a look into cinema from the late 70s/early 80s. It's almost like "1984" in that The Party is constantly revising history. I prefer the original Star Wars movies, warts (if you can call them warts) and all.
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I would argue that they added the "warts", as they were, to the originals by the extended dance number, Han shooting first, etc.<p>Fuck that.<p>And if Lucas had his hand in it directly, any additional SW movies would blow.<p>I don't know who to blame for Indy 4, but I think I'll blame fat head for that one too.
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Please don't take this as a direct comparison, but it's kinda like this: what if the Mona Lisa had been done, and then years later, the decision had been made that a uni-brow or bigger bust was an improvement. <p> Lucas can do what he wants to his babies. I just want to be able to see those babies as they were born, before the botched plastic surgeries. <p> I know I still have the VHS copies of the OT as they were, but those are gonna wear out one day. And I read so many negatives about the DVD releases I wasn't gonna spend my money on em. Give us the OT on Blu, cleaned the hell up. I want matte lines, I want the yub-yub song, I want a Han Solo that shoots first and therefore has an arc, I want an emperor that looks different in Empire, I DO NOT WANT HAYDEN'S GHOST. <p> Guess who helped make your ass rich George? Guess who appreciates the OT as they were put out there? You don't owe us anything, but quit being such a douche.
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I couldn't have said it better myself.
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I agree. We get more crap in the SEs than any actual benefit. <P> ANH: Han and Jabba talk. Why? Duplicates what Han and Greedo were talking about earlier. Seeing Jabba now (and not in ROTJ) kills the suspense of his gangster image. Plus Han is literally walking over the big slug. <P> Han shoots first. I think we know why this one sucks. <P> Boba with Fett. Bleh. <P> ESB: extra Wampa scenes. Not needed. <P> Added outdoor hallways in Cloud city chase. While it does look nice and open it up, it still looks a bit off. <P> Extra crap for Vader getting shuttle and getting back to his star destroyer. This wasn't needed. We knew where he was going. Extra crap <P> ROTJ: "Jedi Rocks". Enough said. <P> no yub yub song. enough said. hayden as ghost. Enough said.
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So say we all. And ANOTHER thing...why did you have to make the jedi in the prequels so damn 'super-human' with the lightsabers? Makes Luke and Vader seem like rank amateurs in retrospect. Shoulda gone more samurai (y'know, your original inspiration) instead of frikkin' Neo. <p> Okay. Gonna stop now. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
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O0 1Il ...So number 1 looks close to little L. 1l Hmmmm.
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not when you post it.
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Daaaaaaaamn yooooooooouu!!!!!
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I don't know if you saw my reply at the shelter, but it might possible be a fix for our "attack of the clones" <P> *looks around cautiously*
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Good to see you! Another CoCer makes the rounds!
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the part when luke wails like a little girl when he falls to his death in cloud city..<P>i think its since been revised on dvd..<P>you can tell how much i watch those versions.<P>and audrey II replacing the sarlaac in JEDI.<P>btw i really dont mind having non anamorphic copies of the originals on dvd..course id rather have souped up copies but ill watch these anyday.<P>and gimmie my old school docs on the films.. FROM STAR WARS TO JEDI ruled.
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Wife saw a 9 month old miniature dachshund puppy at our Vet's that is up for adoption. <P> I said we could look at it tomorrow after work. <P> We already have two dogs!
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yeah, i remember those changes, but those were the lesser evils. <P> FROM STAR WARS TO JEDI...I loved that. I still have it too. <P> RE: non-anamorphic copies. I was thinking about getting these, just to have the originals. I have a 50 inch screen. Will they look too small on that?
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how's it going today?
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Trying to stay busy. About to clean out my car for the first time in half a year probably. How about yourself?
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I don't need 3 though. That is outta hand.
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I have to do. Thanks for the reality check buddy. Priorities.
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hanging around, seeing if we're adding another dog to the family. <P> It's good that you are staying busy. Any film stuff going on?
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no the black bars will be a little bigger than yer used too but to watch the glory of the originals, i can let it slide.
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We have a Sheltie and a mini dachshund. My wife wants another dachshund because they are easier to maintain. <P> Our sheltie is "damaged goods." Has a few health problems, probably the result of her coming from a breeder that my wife found. We didn't realize the breeder had a lot of complaints until after we got the Sheltie. <P> I'm a shelter guy myself. I'd rather rescue a dog than go to the breeders. My wife is that way too, but wanted a Sheltie and those don't hit the shelters very often.
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dared the I Spit on Your Grave talkback? What a sad display...rape jokes? Really? <p> Have I said thanks enough to you guys for the little slice of sanity? Thanks.
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July 13, 2010, 2:24 p.m. CST
you're welcome Fuzz. ST..how old is the your current dachsund
by MacReady452
I hear they can live to about 16.
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We're down to one dog since we had to put our other english setter down over a year ago. We had rescued that one, and since we ended up liking the breed so much, got the second one from a breeder.<p>Since we have two kids now, there's not going to be two dogs at once...for now anyways.
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Good to hear you're doing okay.
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Sheltie is 7
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yeah, that's one reason I don't want so many dogs. I hate "the end", whether it's natural or we have to help them along the way. <P> I can't handle it.
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isn't this a nice change of pace?
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a bit shorter, so her back hasn't given us any issues. (knock on wood)
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that says it all.
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That's not the reason for us though, it's the caring for a new dog/puppy while having two young kids which would prove entirely impossible.
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disturbing shit going on. <p>I love the thought that, "I have thought of this stuff which must mean EVERYONE has thought of it, and you are just repressing and fooling yourself if you deny it."<p>True mental illness.
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we have one daughter and her and 2 dogs is plenty...any more would be too much. <P> I just added my main reason for me having more dogs.
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is insane!
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Not great, but okay. Just counting down until saturday when I go to the beach for a week with my family. The day I get back, she goes down to the beach with her family. So it'll be 2 weeks without seeing her at all. Which might be a blessing, it might not. I don't know. <p> Either way, hey how about all these crackpots on AICN? What's the deal? Where am I, the IMDB boards or what? Wokka wokka wokka.
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it is a fine addition to the PMOA (Pedalback Museum of Art)
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nice.
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in 2012 she'll shore up all the stupid female voting block.
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Hiya Peebs.<p> D.Vader have you thought about getting a furry friend to help you get through what you gotta get through? I don't mean to be flippant, but puppies are so adorable - it's hard to be down when you've got a little canine buddy scrapping around!
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Stabby, how's it going hombre? Keeping your tip sharp?
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Eyes were still closed, umbilical still attached and blackened and dried. I tried to feed it, looked up what to do. Luckily my mom knows someone whose cat just delivered and I took it to her and sure enough, the mom started fostering the little guy. I was told I have first dibs on him if I want him. Its certainly an option. <p> GF always wanted a dog, but a small hypoallergenic one since she's allergic.. We were looking into getting one.
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"Sucking America Dry".
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It's all Ginzu with me. How goes it in the dojo? I thought of you yesterday watching the episode of the Office where everyone goes to Dwight's dojo to watch Michael and Dwight spar.
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THE CHASE<P>FIRST DOCTOR. 1965. SEASON 2. SERIAL 16.<P>whoa! talk about epic. picking up directly after the previous serial, the doctor and crew use that device (i knew it!) to watch past events, like a television. off to the next adventure, they land on a desert planet and take a stroll. after ian and vicki get trapped and with no hope of the docot and barb finding them, they rush back to the TARDIS to see daleks embarking in a TARDIS of their own to exterminate them. the doctor, realizes they are on their way and apparently mean business.<P>slightly slowed by an evening sandstorm (take that you silly lil daleks!) the daleks converge on the time travelling posse, who who rejoined and escape in the TARDIS. but the daleks pursue after them.<P>up next, the two groups make numerous stops through time and space, one in NY, one on a transtlantic ship. they even run into dracula and frankenstein (i shit you not!). at the final stop, the land on a machine planet, barely inhabitable and are captured by mechanoids. they choose to go with them, rather than being killed by the daleks on their ass and meet an shipwrecked astronaut. apparently hes been held captive by the mechanoids who have been building a city for yet-to-arrive colonists. the mechanoids, not wanting to waste their resources, demand that they remain in the city...at least until the daleks starts wrecking havoc.<P>a robot fight ensues (george lucas could learn a thing or two from inanimate objects fighting here and actually making it look good)and all are killed.<P>well not all, but all the robots at least. the doctor and gang (sans astonaut--they ditched him)high tail it to the TARDIS, conveniently parked next to the dalek model TARDIS. ian and barbara ask the doctor to show them how to use the device to go back home, which he objects to. he has no problem leaving his granddaughter in a post apocalyptic city but now he grows some morals. in the end, he does show them the way to go home, cause frankly ian could use a drink.<P>ian and barb return to their time and place and destroy the dalek TARDIS and then do a benny hill montage around london, which the doctor and vicki have been watching on the TV.<P>watching the couple finally make it home is bittersweet. im happy for them and glad there was some closure in their story, unlike susan. though rusty at first, the chemistry between the main cast eventually gelled and i was starting to enjoy it. this was a great serial, one that would be great for an adaptation or at least a great season finale, which with one episode left in the second season, easily couldve been.<P>NEXT: THE TIME MEDDLER
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Last I heard he's doing well. And he doesn't fit in with the other kittens either, so he'd be easy to pick out. <p> On a related note, last monday, the ex noticed a cat on the back deck nursing two kittens. When we went out to investigate, we figured that must have been the mom for the third.
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Who Tard'd, nice!<p> The great thing about the written descriptions is there's no being put-off by the circa 1965 BBC fx. BENNY HILL MONTAGE for the win! (I cut together a home video each year for the family, and last year used the Benny Hill music for one speeded up sequence! Gets a chuckle from all who see it.)<p> Stabby, nice to hear i'm infecting your consciousness! My aim is to provoke a Pavlovian reaction in all aicn readers whenever a dojo is mentioned...
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Dad Vader - Kitteny cuteness. Sounds like it wouldn't have made it if it weren't for you...
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http://tinyurl.com/39mqd6d <P> 4CHAN/INTERNETS TURNED ON BIEBER? YOU DON'T FUCKING SAY! <P> Here's a news article to make sense of it all. <P> http://tinyurl.com/29nqpat
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with GF and her grandmother at the Olive Garden.<p>thats what i've been up to.
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Olive Garden...MMMmmmm....
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July 13, 2010, 6:55 p.m. CST
Uhh didnt they basically the score straight out of Predator?
by TakingScorpiosCalls
I swear i thought i heard like 1 new musical piece in that movie and everything else from Predator 1.
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man everytime i waltz in like freakin kramer in these pbacks.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZILy1qRZTU&feature=player_embedded
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Only wait for SGU!
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about a million things had to happen for DeNiro to win that one. first to have the spin come to DeNiro, second to have the guards agree to 3 shots, and then if all of that actually happened, to have it lined up perfectly so it woul dhave 1 ready for the barrel and the other two right next in line.
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...make out with Jesus, then had the Romans ambush JC... and Peter cut off that dude's ear?<P> Watch your back, Mac.
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July 13, 2010, 7:09 p.m. CST
Pacino and DeNiro were always in a movie each decade
by TakingScorpiosCalls
except for the 80s. How awesome would it have been to see them in some colorful trashy crime epic or in a Conan the Barbarian knockoff.
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...plan.
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...MACHETE.
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for ruining the dessert...
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she fell and fractured her 68 year old hip on the 4th of July...She told me she was up on her feet cooking dinner last night...<p>She is one tough old lady...she already had two strokes in her life WITH partial paralysis and completely recovered from each one, so she's a quick study on the rehabilitation therapy...
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...and bolted without tipping or helping out with the fucking check.
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...gristle, and leather.
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July 13, 2010, 7:35 p.m. CST
Yeah, Flick...I broke my neck in three places in 2004....
by Cheeses_of_Nazareth
and I'm still walkin'...
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July 13, 2010, 7:45 p.m. CST
"One Monkey Don't Stop No Show"...Honey Cone, 1972
by Cheeses_of_Nazareth
Take a look at this interesting study in perception...<p>http://tinyurl.com/22t8klg
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...of 15 passes.<P> What does that say about me?
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Still pullin' double shifts...?
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lots of us have been experiencing recently...LOTS of public partially exposed boobage...Square acers of exbosed upper breastage...
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for boobage scouting. I think I might have caught an areola sliver or two. Although those might just be fever dreams induced by the steamy, smoky city heat and my wishful thinking.
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July 13, 2010, 9:50 p.m. CST
My store is in the same center with a 24 Hour Fitness club...
by Cheeses_of_Nazareth
ALL DAY LONG I have to look at hot milfs in too-tight low-cut work-out bras...<p>We also have a Petco, so I also see a lot of dogs licking their nuts on my freshly waxed floors...
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...apparently the grid can't tolerate moisture.
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...AICN font has serifs for the capital i's, so cap i's and l's aren't interchangeable. Any other ideas?
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Sheeit.
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Cheers, gents. <p>Chicken, &c.
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Later, man...
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...who live in the Pacific Northwest have never experienced the internet.
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...night, Cheeses...watch out for scrotum lickers.
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sanely about women enjoying rough sex in the ISOYGback and yet RedBull comes off like a deranged maniac with his dick in his hand.<p>Cheeses that is why you are an asset to the PB.
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we gonna make this shit work today.<p>Dinner for Schmucks looks like the hit comedy of the summer. I haven't heard anyone talk about it much but I think it looks like it is gonna kick The Other Guys ass.
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My internet...dish....was on and off last night.
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since the ownership for the gym I go to has changed, the focus has been more on milfs and trainers and cardio classes....which actually gives me something to look at once in a while now.<p>Which is a vast improvement over old naked guy *shiver* who wanders around the locker room naked, standing on the scale, shaving, taking a dump...he's really fucked up.<p>I think I just made myself throw up a bit on my keyboard...excuse me.
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since the ownership for the gym I go to has changed, the focus has been more on milfs and trainers and cardio classes....which actually gives me something to look at once in a while now.<p>Which is a vast improvement over old naked guy *shiver* who wanders around the locker room naked, standing on the scale, shaving, taking a dump...he's really fucked up.<p>I think I just made myself throw up a bit on my keyboard...excuse me.
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Fucking double posting cunt.
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keep those double posts coming. we need to get our numbers up. PB 4th on the top stories list depresses me.
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That's soooooooooo Raven
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Sookie looked good as a brunette and also looking pretty ripped in Erics fantasy when she throws her robe off.<p>I was all, "DAMMMMMMMMMMN!"<p>and my dick was all, "BOIOIOIOIOING!"
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The Renaissance Festival around here. I have never been and the commercials do nothing to entice me. Not enough wenches.
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on one of the Showtimes. <p>Does ANYBODY make movies with such a sense of awe and wonder any more?
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I hope they show more of the Estonian girl getting turbo vampire fucked.
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yes true blood is a sexy foxy good time.
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only less Orcs and Wizards.
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Bound to be lots of sexytime in that. <p>Oh, and Dinklage. Lots of Dinklage.
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yeah the Estonian broad is a piece of ass. Colonel, you off today?
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but if it has Dinklage I'm in. I also want the AC show with Buscemi.
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I wrote a thesis in college connecting the shared communal experience of watching a movie in a theater with others to the characters at the end watching together the Mothership land and First Contact occur, and of how powerful moments like that are when shared with others. <p> Close Encounters is a great film about faith and spirituality. If JAWS is about horror, Raiders about adventure, E.T. about love, then Close Encounters is about spirituality.
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Was naked Lizzy Caplan. Holy hell I didn't know she had it in her to look THAT damned good.
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I flail at the keyboard between potting up mics and clips behind the audio board.
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July 14, 2010, 7:43 a.m. CST
Game of Thrones is based on some pretty kickass books.
by ColonelFatheart
I've been pimping them hard. Dinklage's character is by far the best. He gets all the most deliciously acidic lines, and he's quite the little schemer.
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and ravaged?<P>my wife hasnt seen a second of TRUE BLOOD but have heard me speak of it and say it is good, her friends like it too.<P>but then she has to mosey on in a few weeks ago during that scene where bill twists the head around and starts drilling for oil.<P>my wife just stood staring at the tv shocked and asked what the fuck i was watching..after i responded, she says she sees why I like it. i was speechless cause, really i do you retort when that is going on..there really isnt anything left to say.
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on C E and Lizzy Kaplan. What a body.
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Yes, good reading of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS. That end scene feels at once ceremonial and transcendent. If only Mass had ever had that awe-inspiring effect on me. I love the look on Lance Henriksen's face as the Mothership moves to depart. So beatific, so childlike. As if all of his worries and sins melted away in that warm light.
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in season one. She was also in MEAN GIRLS, as Lindsay's freaky faghag friend.
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I've always liked what I heard of his stuff, but only recently have I really wanted to dive in. I'm looking for good starting points.
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And when I was younger, I was like "Holy shit! Its Lance Henriksen! And that's like, the only part he has in this movie??" <p> It was only after many many multiple viewings later that I noticed him in all the earlier scenes too, only most of his dialogue was spoken offscreen during chaotic moments where all the characters are running around trying to figure something out, like where the planes came from or finding a globe to pinpoint the coordinates they've been given. <p> But yeah, that's one of my favorite things about the end of the movie. Those pulling away shots of all the characters standing there looking serene and at peace as the ship leaves.
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But still, never looked as hot as she did in True Blood.
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shes not the one who turned bill is it?
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"Red Right Hand" from the Scream movies and Dumb and Dumber. Which is fantastic, I just adore it. <p> Also, "The Mercy Seat", which Johnny Cash made an *awesome* cover of. I've been meaning to edit together a music video for that song with footage from The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. <p> Honestly, I don't know much Nick Cave, but I have a friend who is crazy about him.
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anna from the OC is in there too at the end of the show.<P>i miss anna.
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my dad is a music fan and had never heard the theme song(its his cup of tea). So he and my mom were over when it started and I said stick around and check out the theme. Before you get to the music though they recap what happened last week and Bill railing that broad and twisting her head around was the last part of the recap. A little awkward.<p>That is not Lizzy Kaplan by the way. She was Jasons V addict girlfriend in season 1.
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Check out There She Goes My Beautiful World, too. Pretty fucking intense. <p>Right now I'm into his Murder Ballads album. It's an album that definitely lives up to the title.
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Heh..many a time I would build up my mash potatoes into a mountain....<p>And it certainly seems like all the wonder is gone from movies. I mean, there's still very good movies being made, but I just think it's harder to put something up on screen that will bring that sheer wonder and awe to you nowadays.
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in one of the minisodes and only kind of casually appears here and there. I think Pam was dyking out on here in one of the new ones recently
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but it seems no one knows how to do it anymore, even the once 'greats'.
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yeah that was on a few weeks ago at my father in laws house..he was watching it..and we were gonna have dinner..it was at the scene at railroad tracks in the beginning. we ended up watching the whole freaking film before heading off to dinner. the wife was a little upset.
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...live in New Jersey.
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On film? The only one that comes to mine for me, that even comes close, is the charge of the Rohirrim in Return of the King. That first glimpse Theoden has of the terror awaiting him on the Pelennor Fields as Minas Tirith is under siege, to the stirring heartfelt speech he gives culminating in fanatical shouts of "DEATH! DEATH! DEAAAATH!", to the charge itself... That scene always gets to me. And that's the only one I can think of that's happened lately.
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can anyone tell me how AICN talkbacker Dick Jones started his "I had to kill XXX because he/she/it made a mistake" meme? <P> It's lost on me.
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...he's always been around, so I think I know his stuff better than I really do.<P> I should investigate.
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I prefer the "Glenn Beck raped and murdered a girl and won't come out and defend himself" meme myself.
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Plus, I have to look forward to NYC mugginess.
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That shit was stirring.
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this is a little obscure but it made my jaw drop.<p>In Lost..not this last season but the one before when Hurley and Sayid are at the apartment complex and Sayid flips a dude over the railing and the camera stays on the dude all the way down to impact. I am so used to seeing a cut away or something look fake as hell so that really struck me.<p>I know that is TV but it is one of the last times I was really impressed by something.
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...flaws and all. All those pulsing shots of the sun...and when the Captain saves the day...and that last great shot in the snow...<P> I hadn't nailed it down before, but it's the awe and wonder that has me addicted to that movie.
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I hear you about the wife walking in at weird moments during shows/movies. <P> My wife always seems to come in when I'm watching something, and a woman is nude. Then she says "Now I see why you are watching this." <P> How do you respond to that??
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Black, black, black, BLACK humor. Lots of grisly imagery. Lovingly arranged.
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dick jones is a character in ROBOCOP and he says that to robocop..he says I HAD TO KILL BOB MORTON CAUSE HE MADE A MISTAKE..NOW ITS TIME TO ERASE THAT MISTAKE.
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I thought you were gonna mention Sayid dropping that fool onto the open dishwasher, right onto the upward pointing stack of knives. That was pretty hardcore.
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...out of a movie by the minimalist and abstract scores that are popular these days. I would think that for most people, a more traditional, melodic, symphonic type score goes a long way in the childlike wonder department.
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July 14, 2010, 8:22 a.m. CST
plus there's that whole lack of buildup in movies now
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Everything has to be fucking rushed. Take your time, let the tension and apprehension build...and then BAM!
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That's why Michael Giacchino is the ONLY guy out of the new crop of film music composers that I like. Everyone else is just so damn forgettable. They tend to blend in with one another. John Debney, Brian Tyler (except for his earlier work on Six String Samurai), many others I'm forgetting because I never hear anything from them that I care about.... <p> Ugh. But the one guy who has been consistently good for me, and I never think about him, is James Newton Howard. My God, his score for The Village is amazingly beautiful.
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Hmmm...I suppose a response to your wife of "well, do you see the size of those breasts!?!" wouldn't go over well...
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Anyone want to catch me up on the salient points of the last couple of days?
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The Market wants instant gratification. Damn you, Market, and your Invisible Hand!
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...I've been humming that little lullaby melody ever since.<P> *(again)
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I think there's hardly any time for such nice, awe-inspiring shots and scenes. As always, I blame the fucking suits and money-men. And less creative filmmakers too. <p> Hell, even last summer's Star Trek didn't have a *great* awe-inspiring shot of the Enterprise. It was good, but not GREAT like it could have been. <p> Now, I've only seen Avatar once and it was back in December... but I remember the Home Tree collapsing as being kind of awe-inspiring. But that was for completely different reasons, and "wonder" certainly didn't factor into it at all. So that's another topic for discussion I believe.
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and then blurry burnt crispy man showed up...<p>That's a pretty good example of a movie that almost got it. I mean, it was all there. I loved the setup...the whole mood of the movie...until a certain point.
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July 14, 2010, 8:27 a.m. CST
D.Vades, the Pixar guy is great... don't forget him...
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Oh, that's Giacchino. Nevermind. <P> John Williams wrote scores like that, once... now I feel like everything he does sounds exactly the same.
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but it still didn't give me the "wonder".<p>Now Monica Bellucci certainly gave me "wonder" after recently watching Brotherhood of the Wolf again. Yowza's!
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...article on Giacchino that got me thinking about it. In addition to all the cool stuff about Giacchino and his process, it quickly laid out the history of the use of music in movies...I hadn't particularly thought about it before.
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July 14, 2010, 8:29 a.m. CST
True, Scary. I was watching one of his HARRY POTTERs
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the other day. It was catchy, it was cute, but it was so ... expected.
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...guest starring Salma Hayek as Jack's nurse.
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I really dig how different his jazzy score for Catch Me if You Can is, and I do like the pomp that plays within his theme for The Terminal. <p> I will say his Harry Potter theme is one of the best themes written this past decade. Its obvious and expected *now*, but back when that first teaser trailer arrived and we heard those first strains, which sounded like something from a fanciful carnival calliope perhaps, it sounded wonderful. I still really dig it.
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Keep pluckin that poultry.
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...heart of darkness at the end...or "heart of brightness" more precisely.
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I think the closest Avatar ever got to potentially having a shot of "wonder" would be seeing the floating mountains for the first time and the Navi climbing them. Or maybe that first flight.
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and how can you say that about williams that they all sound the same??<P>the hell they do!<P>each and every one of his later scores sound variant on the previous.<P>except for franchise scores..naturally.
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if I didn't think the movies were shitting all over the books. My GOD, but I despise those movies. <P> I'm not saying Williams isn't brilliant, btw... I just think most of his stuff sounds tired, I guess. Catch Me If You Can was a nice change for him, though. Didn't see The Terminal... I was Hanked out by that movie. Too much of Hanks' "Serious Actor" mode gives me Kafka dreams.
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But I understand why many do.
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SUNSHINE and 28 DAYS/WEEKS LATER are good..KICKASS used them to great great effect!
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speak all day.<P>MURDER DEATH KILL!!
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I can't tell the difference before my first cup of Sacred Nectar. <P> Plus, I think the scrapple I ate this morning was spoiled... my tummy isn't feeling top notch at the moment.
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elliot goldenthal is a god..ALIEN 3 is a wonder....sorry to pick scabs scary
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I have to go to work now... it's giving me joy joy feelings.
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point me in the direction.<P>everything i said was sincere. so no sarcasm intended..anywhere.
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The Fountain had some beautiful, 'wow' moments. The first glimpse of the 'Tree of Life', the silhouette of Wolverine against the star field....and the score was beautiful. <p> God, I adore that movie. It's so....perfectly balanced. The bitter and sweet, the pain of loss and peace of letting go.
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YOU BIG DUMB JERK!!!! *sniff* <P> [A tear rolls down Scary's cheek before she turns and runs out the door]
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im going to taco bell today in honor
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...high five, Jefe.
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i meant the score<P>THE SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!<P>shit.
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for THE FOUNTAIN and MOON
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is great.
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All the outer space stuff was just beautiful. I'm sooo glad I got to see that one on the big screen. Followed it up with Pan's Labyrinth on the same day. What a two-fer!
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i watched POTTER 4 on tv (do you miss it yet?) and i noticed a man named david tennant was in it..
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...movies from the last few years. I love good stories and good movies, but I'm a lover of fantasy first and always.<P> 99% of fantasy is crap, so I'm in a constant state of near starvation...those two movies will probably have to keep me going for years.
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Maybe one of the last brilliant scores Williams' wrote (A.I. is another fantastic example of what he's capable of), but I'm pretty sure it came out after Catch Me If You Can and A.I. <p> He came up with SO many themes for Prisoner of Azkaban, and found a great way to work them all together to repeat and play in different scenes with different instruments, the most obvious example being "Double Trouble", which we first hear as a school song sung by the students, but later plays back into the regular score but with medieval sounding instruments or piccolos and flutes, depending on the scene. <p> The "flying" theme for Buckbeak is also pretty wondrous (and speaking of awe-inspiring scenes of wonder, that's a pretty damn good one too), as is the somber "memories" theme that plays when Professor Lupin relays memories of Harry's parents to him. <p> We also get a pretty great playful little scherzo for the scene where the camera follows the bird as it flies around the castle grounds. That's one of my favorite bits. And "Aunt Marge's Waltz" has great buildup and a killer ending. <p> The ominous music for the werewolf and Dementors and Expecto Patronum scenes aren't my favorite on the album, but I do dig the way he works the sound of a metronome or a ticking clock, that pulsing rhythm into the time-traveling sequence. <p> Yeah, Potter 3 score rocks.
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... Brilliant piece of music there, as is the sequence accompanying it on film, I feel.
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but the theme for Catch Me If You Can has been running through my head since the movie came out. THAT is a job well done.
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..."a movie show with DVD on it".
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..that is a hard thing to come by these days. The movie that immediately came to mind for that was Copland. The big western style gunfight where Sly moseys up the road.<p>"I can't hear you Ray."<p>AWESOME
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Open Range also.
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how sweet. <P>
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in the beginning these days. Iron Man 2 for instance. The quality action sequences came early and then the shit at the end didn't even come close.
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...I've got a big'ol soft spot for Stallone.
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such a great cast.<P>from the minor characters to the major characters.<P>the film isnt attempting much, suprising with the pedigree, but it is content to be a quiet little film
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Dang. How could you not. DeNiro, Keitel, Liotta, and Stallone gives a subdued, image changing performance that tops the list of achievements in his career.<p>4/5. Not amazing but a well made movie that is 100% worth a watch
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...they're so traditional that at this point they're like mass, or a sacrament. In a movie like OPEN RANGE, you know the minute you sit down that there's going to be a guns-a-blazin showdown...it's just a case of when and how you get there.<P> The better ones know you know this, and play with that...draw it out, tease you, twist the knife...
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nothing too dramatic, like the film but a small score that has many great moments
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...my post-college period of fancypants snootiness.
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score in my life. Epic.
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da da dada<p>da da dada<p>da da da da da da da???????<p>COME ON!<P>You guys aren't getting this?<p>WHAT THE FUCK!
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...synthesizer or whatever, but very effective. I used to have this great path through the woods near my house, and I'd run at dusk to the MOHICANS soundtrack and feel all dramatic about myself.
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love it. <p> "What are you looking at sir?" <p> "Why, I'm looking at YOU, miss." Playaaah!
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that score that I was trying to remember is done by Randy Edelman...Same guy that did The Last of the Mohicans. It's from Dragon: The Bruce Lee story.<p>That makes me smile. <p>He also did the McGyver theme. Which is also awesome.
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...from the library a little while ago and was really surprised. I was expecting a period piece, and was completely unprepared for the movie I ended up seeing. It definitely has flaws, but I was very impressed.
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there MacReady?
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I went to just randomly find out who the composer of the Mohicans score was on Wikipedia and there was my answer looking me in the face.
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i like the trevor jones part but not the edelman stuff.<P>ooh another awe inspiring piece..DRAGONHEART the finale.
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Sorry Fuzzy, what did you wager? <p> all of it.
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or you already knew that Sixies? is that coincidence?
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it was reused elsewhere.
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Edelman DID write the score for Dragonheart. That theme has been reused in other films.<p>there. htat should do it.
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...set during Louis The Roman Numeral days in France, about a guy who can smell everything...EVERYTHING, and it makes him...let's call him eccentric.
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I would normally not look twice at it.
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i know its been used in previews and whatnot..<P>but in films..im not sure.
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Wiki just said reused.
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...a straight up period flick, and ended up getting 1 part A TALE OF TWO CITIES, 1 part A.I. type narrated grownup fable...and a dash of Fincher in FIGHT CLUB mode.
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thanks Sixes. I guess I need to brush up on ROBOCOP
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he was my Peter Weller. Buckaroo Bonzai Peter Weller but never the less......
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...from Thor.
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hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhot!
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The last film to fill me with AWE and WONDER... RED CLIFF.<p>I know I keep banging on about this movie, but if you watch the 2 min HD trailer below YOU WILL SEE WHY!!!<p> http://tinyurl.com/3a5usou
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Plus I believe it must have the highest body count ever caught on celluloid. I seem to remember the highest body count award used to belong to RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART 2... I am certain that RED CLIFF would laugh at it's puny number of cadavers.
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it kinda got bashed but I don't believe that shit. Especially with such high praise from Cobes.
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Mac, it's the highest ever grossing film in China.<p> And as they say... a billion Chinese can't be wrong*.<p> *unless you count Communism.
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Hey guys & gal. What's all this Vades about Red Right Hand being "the song from Scream"? Sacrilege! That's like saying "Unchained Melody is "the song from Ghost" or "Stand by Me" is the song from, er, Stand by Me. Wait, I was going well there for a minute! Um... <p> Anyway yes Nick Cave is the bitch's tits and he doesn't write a bad western movie, either! And if ya gotta attribute that song to something, please say the X-Files instead, a much better fit. <p> Right. i'll stop being a snob now. Scream just gets my goat, everyone and his dog lauding it like it was the first thing to fuse horror and comedy - "In the tradition of Scream" my arse - how about "in the tradition of An American Werewolf in London" eh critic bitches? Or just anything else but Scream. Fah.
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But the wife can't even get through an Episode of Life (the Attenborough version of course) at the moment before conking out. I've got an awful lot of 3 hour movies sitting there gathering dust at the moment, Including that one.
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Speaking of the wife conking out, the question is, do I go see Inception today without her? Hmmm...
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they are playing right now on cinemagic
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why its not a holiday this weekend is it?
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Sorry, missed you last time around. I think you were replying to my question about Laurence Fishburne - sure he was good but I was referring to my review-ish post from the week before where absolutely nobody in the cinema got his Apocalypse Now (his first movie) reference. I was sorta appalled at the plebs and was wondering if it was the same in your showing. <p> And did any of the whingers in the Predators tb eventually work out the title refers to the human characters too?
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Hellboy.
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I'm Down Under, remember? And our movies open on a Thursday. Actually sometimes they do the early thing here too - I did see Predators the week before on a Wednesday. Anyway, I'm always in thuh fuuuuttttuuuurrre, you know that.
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Let Love In, dagnabbit! ;) <p> Actually, "Do you love me" on that album is great too.
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i got confused cause ive seen ads for sorcerers apprentice opening today..and i thought inception did too..but its on friday.<P>(in manic christopher lloyd mode)GOOD NIGHT FUTURE BOY!!
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Am seeing INCEPTION on Monday... babysitter is booked.<p> Maybe we should do a Some Guy / Some Other Guy thingamajig for it?
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http://tinyurl.com/2b5yd4u
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http://tinyurl.com/23m2y9r
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White_V I was in Oz for New Years 1999 - First!<p> Didn't want anyone beating me to the party. Plus it seemed like the right place to be if the Millenium bug had destroyed civilization. If you're not in the post apocalyptic Bungle Wungles you're nowhere.
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fourth tape is released.
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The Proposition - you guys knew that, right? <p> I'd love to read his script for the Gladiator sequel (rejected by the studio)! <p> Oh and Mac, does Hellboy count, seeing as Cave didn't do it?
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I caught it, and heard a few other chuckles of appreciation. THe showning I went to last weekend had maybe 20 folks in it (I'm a matinee man). <p> I've stayed away from the Predators tb. Scary. Not as scary as I Spit from yesterday though. Trolling is one thing, but that was just appalling. But, I have a stick up my butt about rape, as I have known a couple of wonderful ladies who have been forever damaged by that shit. Yeah, terrible metaphor to start that sentence.
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cuba gooding jr as a boxer fighting for respect!<P>that man needs to work more.
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I was lucky enough to see the 'holy shit this thing is long' 2-disc uncut version. It is a good one. Lotsa dying, more of the character stuff...if you can get a hold of it, I'd see that version.
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I remember you saying that! Heh, I think we went down to the ferry dock at the bottom of our street (lived on Sydney's North shore at the time) and then walked along the harbour's edge watching the fireworks. The jetty sank the next morning from memory there were so many people! Too bad the Millennium started the following year, but hey, people get a bit irate and call you a pedant if you bring that one up... but yeah, there was a shitload of beer drunk that night, that's for sure!
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yeah the only way to watch it is the long ass version.<P>when you watch it and the first disc ends, you cant possibly fathom that, had you been watching the chopped up version, it would be over.<P>jeez. i would kill to see this on the big screen, even though i liked it a little less than cobes.
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there's so many twists and turns and machinations....I thought to myself 'How would this POSSIBLY work cut down any?'
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At least there were some film lovers in your showing! <p> And that's what I was saying - I DO have the long one, along with a whole bunch of other long ones, waiting patiently (it looked so gorgeous and had good reviews so I did buy RC) for the night. I mean, I do watch stuff all the time without her, but I know she really wants to watch that one, so...
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cause it was more appropriate and relevant in that movie than any other.....<p>I don't know
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at the movies as the long one only played a few times at the arthouse places and I couldn't get there, and damned if I was gonna watch the butchered version which from the comparison reviews, was an affront.
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SDB & Fuzzy, I think i'm pre-programmed to love RED CLIFF.<p> My fave films as a youngling at the Dojo were 'battle movies'.<p> Films like SPARTACUS, ZULU, 55 DAYS AT PEKING, EL CID, THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON, anything with a massive battle in it. My all time fave film as a child was actually THE ALAMO. Yep, that old cheese fest with John Wayne. And no, it doesn't hold up well to this day...
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but also very on the nose, to be honest. I can't actually remember where in the movie it was! Help a peeber out?
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The Alamo isn't holding up very well at all, apparently. The original film elements are breaking down badly and if they can't get the money for a restoration like yesterday, it'll be gone forever.
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and its basement!
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Actually my all time fave film as a child was usually whatever film I was walking out of at the flicks..<p> "What did you think son?"<p> "It was the best film i've ever seen!!!"<p> "You're kinda simple aren't you boy?"
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I loved a lot of Perfume, Tom Tykwer is the man - Run Lola Run is great. Only the bit with the crowd should have gone completely differently I thought. But man, that's one gorgeous looking flick, Flick. Very Carravagio.
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It's funny watching old battle movies these days. You spot all the extras knocking their swords together like kids in a playground.<p> Ocassionally one might go down with an 'under armpit' stab.
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When Hellboy & Abe are going to the museum after Ilsa and Kroenen released the demon. Plays as the garbage truck they're in rolls up & they make their entrance.
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You're kinda funny, aren't you boy?
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I love battle movies too. My favorite 'mis-stab' is from Conan, when they're getting out of Thulsa's mountain; in the caverns Valeria REALLY fucks up a stab move, but the stunt guy sells the hell out of it.
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I remember the battle sequence in THE ALAMO very well, but very little of the rest. So I don't know if it's a patriotic film worth saving or a politically incorrect embarassament to the US.<p>
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That Sammael with his three/asymmetrical eyes was pretty groovy. I love a lot of Del Toro's stuff, and recently did pitch work for one of the billion things he's supposed to be producing (he wrote the script too, witch was pretty good), but I think he has real problems ending his movies. I can't think of one that he didn't muff in some small way. But Hobbit wouldn't have had that problem. Oh well...
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Fuzzy, yes! My mates and I used to giggle about that guy. Just a random guard but fuck me did he milk his death moment for all it's worth.
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It's getting on to 3 in the morning here. Later fellas.
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I thought Pan's and Devil's Backbone ended perfectly. Hellboy...coulda been better, but HB2...that look on his face along with Manilow...PRICELESS.
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he was AWESOME. The whole stop-pause-CRUMPLE maneuver. Gets me every time.
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White_V, jump in your TIE fighter (that extra cool ones with the curved wings) and fly West.
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a whole "Aaaaarrrrr...." bit for him, but alas. Hindsight, eh?
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My fave 'random guy' death scene is in HAWK THE SLAYER.<p> This loudmouth is hassling Crow the Elf for a quick-draw arrow shooting contest, and he loses big time and ends up with Crow's arrow sticking in his chest.<p> He mutters the words "I never even saw it..." and then falls slowly forward. You can almost *see* the split-second moment the actor realises he's about to land on the plastic arrow and has to twist his teetering body to fall on his side. It's fucking hilarious.
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saw that ONCE on late-night local channel YEARS ago. That's the one with the single-shot-repeat-over-and-over of the elf jumping & firing his bow, yes? As you can see, the Awesome of Hawk left its mark.
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With Alec Baldwin and Raul Julia...that's got sone old school stunts <p>when they show people dying, the keep reusing the same stuntman. I'm like hey that guy died already!!
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grass won't cut itself.
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It represents everything that could be done right in movies nowadays.<p>Some fine action and great character work done.<p>There's lots of small scenes in that movie that work.
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I didn't know there was an Alamo TV movie? I've seen GETTYSBURG with Martin Sheen and Jeff Daniels... some nice battle moments but overall a little dull.
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July 14, 2010, 12:01 p.m. CST
Hawk the Slayer is epic in a slightly different way
by just pillow talk
I love the elvish tougue aka robot speak.<p>Hmmm...who should play the dwarf? How about that camera guy who's slightly shorter than mormal? Perfect!
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JPT, I agree. And how many individual shots are there in that movie? Hundreds, probably even over a thousand. And it's never less than beautiful.
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It's another classic where there is a death by romote control plane. Sallah plays the villian in it to boot.
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I love the scene where Zhou Yu and Zhuge meet for the first time, with the little boy and the flute I think it was.
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Because they've used the song, or a variation of it, in every single movie thus far. Its sort of like the unofficial theme song for the movie, so if anyone here didn't know the song by the name alone, perhaps my mentioning of it being from those movies and Dumb and Dumber would key them into what song it was.<p> Anyway. I love Scream.
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I don't think any of them have a title page attributing the author. One script is about Maximus being sent back to life by the Gods to take out Commodus' nephew who has grown up to be an asshole. <p> In the end, Maximus ends up living forever, destined to continue fighting in wars. We see him in WWII, Vietnam, etc. It ends with him picking up some soap and wiping it over his hands, like he did with dirt before every battle, and then walking into a meeting in the Pentagon. <p> Actually, maybe I just have one Gladiator 2 script bc I can't remember what the other one was about. I think I'm confusing that second script with an early draft of Gladiator where Maximus was named Narcissus and the entire movie was about that opening battle with the Germans.
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Har har har har har!!! Let's all point and laugh at the stupid man-child!
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Is actually a cover or a remix of the song. Its not the original, which I thought very disappointing.
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JPT, i've seen CYBORG and MANIAC COP but don't think i've seen CYBORG COP. Sounds like something i'd enjoy tho!
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Robert Z'Dar!
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JPT, yes the flute plays the main theme and we're treated to a breathtaking series of Chinese vistas... Nothing to do with plot, just an excuse for some awesome scenery, bit like the 'lighting of the beacons' in LOTR.
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D.Vader, there has to be. and it has to be AWESOME!<p> I wish SavageDave was still pedalbacking. That boy would probably be up for live-blogging the 'COP' trilogy (Samurai, Cyborg, and Ninja).
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maybe a miniseries..came on around 86 or 87. before alec baldwin was famous.<P>it had pretty decent effects for the time, but now its really rather laughable.
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Praise bale
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Yeah, Barkin always had that peculiar mouth thing...but she was smoking. I'm positive I rubbed it to her after Sea of Love. Wasn't till later I caught Buckaroo Bonzai
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And all he did was throw out random CONGO quotes the entire time!
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Yes, this is where the remaining Professionals on AICN reside. Cobra, myself. At times, Just Pillow Talk has dipped in. Continentalop. I'm fogetting others I'm sure.
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Mel Gibson deserves to be blown first.
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Alas, quickly scanning netflix and I run across no Ninja Cop.
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Barkin. Bit of a dog.<p> ho ho ho<p> Hi Abom!
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That crazy chick with the long tongue...I would like to meet her.
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ruff-ruff!
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JPT, i'm pretty sure there's a VAMPIRE COP. If you can't get Ninjas on the force then vampires are probably the next best thing.
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Witness:<p>Taoist master and driven cop Fung Zee (Ching-Ying Lam) uses his magical powers along with his street smarts as he tries to take down a drug dealer who may be one of the undead in this supernatural crime drama. His pursuit of the zombie kingpin brings him face-to-face with an enigmatic woman (Michiko Nishiwaki) who's about to give Zee a run for his money in an epic battle of supernatural skills. Wei Tung directs.<p>I'm sold.
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The Maniac Cop (Robert Z'Dar) returns from the dead for the third time when a female cop is shot down during an attempted hostage rescue. This time, the "wrong" arm of the law wants a love girl, and nothing's likely to stop him! He's undead and unwed, so any cop with a pulse (and there are plenty in this flick) had better give this zombie a wide berth.<p>I wish they had these streaming on the wii.
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Don of the Dead!
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Fucking hell, guys! Here it is again: <P> http://tinyurl.com/39mqd6d <P> Explanation: <P> http://tinyurl.com/29nqpat
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Utterly bizarre. But I hate that kid so I refrained from speaking about him.
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They know how to troll.
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I recall the first MANIAC COP being really entertaining (in a stoopid way), plus it starred Bruce Campbell...<p> Saw another B movie last week actually with Brucie in it, called THE WOODS about a scary Girls School. It was much better than it had any right to be.
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and damn netflix doesn't have it...I have to "save" it.<p>Drippy whores.
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Ever see Hard Rock Zombies?<p>You won't regret it. Well, maybe you will, but it's got a zombie midget who eats himself.
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its got stars in its eyes!!
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arrrrrr!
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and lo, the talkback was made infinitely more interesting!
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I ask, nay--DEMAND the re-release of Friday the 13th 3-d, Jaws 3-d, and Metalstorm: the Destruction of Jared-Syn. Post-haste!
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http://tinyurl.com/34s4tn7
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tell tell the 2D shit from the 3D shit
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this might be a reposting, but I see y'all dying of boredom, so I give you....<P>Eveready Harton<P>in<P>Buried Treasure<P>Oldest known animated porn. (Western animated porn, I'm sure there's some Nipponimation of Astroboy using his rocket boots to rail the Evangelion chick that dates back to the 1910's but...)<P>Three animation studios got together and made a segment each way back in 1929.
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http://tinyurl.com/2ecan5w
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July 14, 2010, 4:39 p.m. CST
...no internet all fucking day. I think people in countries...
by FlickaPoo
...ending in "stan" get more reliable internet service than I do.
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...rolling is indecent!
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The whole "Death is the Road to Awe" sequence is some of the ballsiest, chill-inducing filmmaking in recent memory.
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July 14, 2010, 5:07 p.m. CST
And it's not that I don't like Williams' work on POTTER.
by ColonelFatheart
It's just that once I learned that he'd be doing the scores for the movies (he's done one through four so far, right?), I kinda had an idea of what they'd be like. And they were.
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But we're looking at the 90s straight through next week.
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...for after I finish rereading WATERSHIP DOWN.<P> Hope it's good. I could go for a big old THE STAND type summer read.
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...oh, who am I kidding...I FUCKING HATE IT.<P> I didn't mind that dry 100° we were getting last week. It's this cloudy 90° that kills me.
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...reading. Haven't had one of those in three years.
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with the lifespan of a certain toddler?
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Go outside in the summer?
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...could it be that pet monkeys aren't conducive to the reading of novels?
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Flick, I heard Under the Dome is pretty solid. But the book everybody here is raving about is 'The Passage' by Justin Cronin. Supposed to be very much in the vein as The Stand. I've 'rented' it from work, and prolly gonna start on it tonight.
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I'd rather not be cooped up with the damned A.C. cranking. I'd rather be outside, enjoying a gentle summer breeze, sipping on a cool beverage, leisurely reading a novel, saving lots of money on my electric bill.
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...no matter what. Is it worse now?
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rave about The Passage to me, too.
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...the time we just sweat in damp clothes like characters on LOST.
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...investigating...
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But lately it's the humidity and extra hot. It'll get cold in February..if I'm lucky
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I am now, though. I am so fucking down for this.
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....it's about forty thousand pages long.
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Yeah.
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It's funny how little I actually know about contemporary books, considering where I work.
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Peace, chaps.
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...falling hard for a book 100 or so pages in and knowing you have thousands more.<P> Can't remember the last time that happened.
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...The Strain by Chuck Hogan & G. del Toro. The second book of that trilogy just came out, but the first one is excellent. Actually made me afraid when I was out and about at night a couple of times.
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July 14, 2010, 6:06 p.m. CST
...strange to say, but I think video games have creeped...
by FlickaPoo
...me out more than anything else as an adult. <P> I haven't read much horror though. And King doesn't really count.
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Yeah Flick, I've had some 'jump' moments playing Fallout 3, and the Dead Space demo DID creep me out a bit, but other than that video games don't really do that for me. <P> What games creeped you out?
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...sections of HALF LIFE got to me after a while...
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...I project into the game space pretty thoroughly, so even just a claustrophobic and unpleasant environment will get to me after a while.<P> I'm really behind of games just now. I blame The Child. <P> I think the last one that got to me a little was that last DOOM for X-Box.
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I'd prolly like it way too much. <P> But I'll never forget the first time that zombie dog jumps thru the window in the first Resident Evil. THAT scared the ever-lovin piss outta me.
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...I'll be needing best games lists to play after HALO, GEARS OF WAR, and BIOSHOCK...<P> Good lord, I'm behind...but it's a lot cheaper this way.
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Sorry, just watched PREDATORS last night...
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I played the opening at a friend's house. That is one gorgeous game right there.
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...until you've ripped the door off a car and blasted it into a group of bad guys...or grabbed a bad guy with your gravity gun and shot him flailing and screaming into space...or against a wall...or into an approaching gaggle of other bad guys.
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http://tinyurl.com/2uztubw <P>Fucking hilarious!
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Like having the force, but in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. <P> I like it.
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I cracked the fuck up when he whispers it. <P> Also, "You idiot! You have weapons on da choppa!"
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...place.<P> How the fuck is he supposed to get to his picnic now?
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They showed some pretty hilarious homages and recreations of the original PREDATOR that were pretty hilariously awful. Those are probably from the 'Tube as well, but I ain't gonna crash my computer finding them.
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...in a theater?<P> I don't understand...how do funny clips sell more Pepsi and Skittles?
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They always show appropriately themed material before the show. A great reason to get there an hour early, even if your buzz wears off a little before the actual movie starts.
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and have been for about 3 weeks. Can't seem to pick it back up. It's been good so far, but this shit happens sometimes. <p> The Strain was fantastic (per Amazon, book 2 isn't out until September). <p> Also, Hater and book 2, Dog Blood are pretty damn good. <p> I liked Under the Dome, but will advise that you should get ready for a Stephen King ending. You KNOW what I mean. But the opening is TIGHT. When the Dome 'drops'...vintage 'suck you in' King. <p> Also can't recommend Johannes Cabal: Necromancer enough. Picked up Johannes Cabal: Detective yesterday, and it's great so far. Cabal is a great character. I love books. Books, books, books.
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Thanks for the advice. <P> Oh, yeah, book 2 of The Strain isn't out yet, but there's an advance copy floating around where I work. I'm patiently awaiting my turn to read it.
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hellooooo, Mr Fancypants. I'll just wait like the rest of the pleebs. :) <p> I be a bit jealous.
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...with King and endings...has he ever written a really good one?<P> I really liked ON WRITING, and that seat of his pants writing approach that he explains in it seems to work well for him...but I wonder if he pays for it by having to pull an ending out of thin air every time.
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...I'd go with books...no question.
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Stephen King's son. He has 2 novels, Heart-Shaped Box and Horns, and a short-story collection, 20th Century Ghosts. All are worth a look. I REALLY enjoyed Horns. <p> Also, John Dies at the End, by John Woo. Funny. As. Hell. And freaky. Then there's anything by Christoper Moore (funny); and my favorite writer, Joe R Lansdale. Love Lansdale. Especially his Hap & Leonard books. I can talk books all day.
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...but forgot to look it up.
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I'd cite The Shining, Salem's Lot, Cujo....mostly his early stuff. I'd say The Stand was the first big chink in his ending armor, and it culminated in The Dark Tower. Oh, God. Deus ex machina much? Build up a confrontation between Roland and the Crimson King over years, and then.....do what? That's it? And Flagg goes out like what? I will keeeeeeel you!
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Welcome to the Reading Rainbow.
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What, that mockumentary about the life of R2 D2 they did a while back? I enjoyed it!
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Is that a new iPad app? Each line of text a different color to help you stay focused?
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...sprouts to be ready. I thought I hated brussel sprouts, but cut in half and browned in olive oil they're deeelicious.
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Yeah I just just funnin', with the faux-outrage and all. Cave actually did do a remix sorta thing for the third one I think. A couple of minutes shorter than the album version. And yeah I acknowledged about the Hellboy one being a cover. The original was what made Chris Carter do that whole "Songs in the key of X" album. I loved Walking after You by the Fooeys - the way they used it in the movie was cool. <p> Was just saying RRH had a life before the moobies in a mock-outraged sorta way. I should say that my wife and I have a very old in-joke about the "song from Ghost" and when that sorta thing happens I can't help myself - I wasn't trying to lord it over anyone, least of all another Lord!
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...and am around to see him wake up.<P> I don't know how or exactly why it's weird...but it is.
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you can get that as a 2-pack with the Picture Pages app.
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reminds me of the bad old days of the Internets, and all those sad people with pages about their dogs. Little did we know that LOLcatz were waiting, biding their time... <p> Can haz cheezeburgrz?
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on here, Flick! <p> I'm in Ur Interwebz, watching Ur Pron!
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Fucking fantastic book! Seek that one out fellows, for it is a relevation.
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That may have been a tad hyperbolic.
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I only got part ways caught up…ya’ll wrote a lot of shit today…
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My favorite FAVORITE line from John Dies is (dont read if you haven't read the book. Really. Stop now.) when they get the call and the dog is floating around the living room of that house, and it narrates: John stood there with a look that seemed to say 'Hmm, the old floating dog routine, eh? I've got the tools in the truck'. <p> I don't know why that struck me as sooooo funny, but I peed a little. Also a favorite: "Guys, this plan may be just retarded enough to work."
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...that's good, you'll have a lot of things to recommend that I'm not familiar with.<P> Let's see...relatively recent genre books I've enjoyed recently...<P> JONATHAN STRANGE & MR. NORRELL by Susanna Clarke, THE STOLEN CHILD by Keith Donohue (a very realistic and psychological treatment of the changeling myth), AMERICAN GODS by Gaiman, whatever the most recent book by Ursula LeGuin is, THE RUINS by Scott Smith...I feel like I'm forgetting a bunch of things...<P> I really need to keep a list of books I read. I can never seem to remember what I've read in the past year.
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I distinctly remember cracking up at that second line. David Wong has a fan for life in me after that book. <P> Flick, I gave THE RUINS to my mom for x-mas last year. Her arthritis gets really bad in the winter and I thought that maybe reading about a tropical climate might help. I don't think it did.
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So I got a couple of them for my Dad. Haven't got to them yet. I can't even seem to get around to comics any more. Danged kids & work! And never did finish Kavalier & Klay. I gotta get back to that - it had the most beautifully crafter wordplay/sentence structure I'd seen in forever... <p> And yeah, really wanna read John dies at the end. Maybe the old man would like that one, too. He read my whole run of Lone Wolf & Cub while I only got as far as reading the first one on the train when going to the Olympics in 2000! Oh well, the kids do like to count them all when they come into my room/office/Dad's toy room (DON'T TOUCCCHHH!)...
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...I really wish you could review your past activity at the library the way you can on Netflix.
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way ahead of you on Gaiman. His name on it, I buy it. Low Key Lyesmith indeed. <p> Tried Jonathan Strange, it didn't grab me. Will give it another go in the future. Is The Ruins what the film is based on? Good movie.
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Was when my daughter thought she was unable to use the local Library due to fees and such, she started raiding my bookshelf…She really dug Harlin Ellison and Joe Haldeman’s Forever War, one of my all time Fav books…She read my Piers Anthony and others…The only author left to introduce her to is Spider Robinson…I love the Callahan Saloon tales…<p>Plus, if what I hear about the new Predators movie is true…they totally ripped off Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Hunters of the Red Moon…God, I love that book..
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wrote John Dies at the End. David Wong. Wong! Derpa-derp!
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...a hell of a book. Same guy who wrote A SIMPLE PLAN. I don't know much about him, but apparently he's very well regarded, and people were surprised that he went slumming by writing a horror story. <P> Slum away, I say.
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Jonny Strange didn't do it for me, either. THE SOMNAMBULIST by Johnathan Barnes is a cracking good book I read recently. Definitely worth checking out. <P> All right, my stomach is eating itself, so I gotta jet. Later gang.
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...really loved GODS and CORALINE...oh, and THE GRAVEYARD BOOK.
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about 2 months ago. Loved it. <p> Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is good....Love Dan Simmons; The Terror, Drood, Carrion Comfort, etc....Robert McCammon's last 3 are the shit: Speaks the Nightbird, The Queen of Bedlam, Mr Slaughter. He also wrote my FAVORITE book- Boys Life. Read that one at least once every 1 or 2 years.
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...guys.
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July 14, 2010, 8:31 p.m. CST
...oh, man...Piers Anthony. There's a blast from the past.
by FlickaPoo
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Fuzzy, daughter has been checking out later works by Haldeman and Ellison, and she found a short story collection with a short story about Mandela’s girlfriend before she went into the warp to keep her young…I can’t wait til she’s finished…
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with The Sandman. Fan for life. And Stardust is just a gem. Loved Graveyard Book. And if you only read one Christopher Moore book, it should be Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal. Funny without being blasphemy. He treads the fine line well. Then there's his San Fran Vampire trilogy: Bloodsucking Fiends, You Suck!, and Bite Me. But his name means funny. To me.
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The Adept series is where I first read him…then the Incarnations of Immortality then the Cluster Series…<p>He made it all look sooooo easy….
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but I've not read a single work of Ellison's. Sacrilege, I know. <p> That sounds cool. I bet you're just as proud a poppa as you can be. My dad didn't read much, but I put books away like meals. Thanks mom! She instilled the love of words.
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Mute....about a guy who's mutant power is you can't remember him one minute after he leaves your sight...
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I keep a spreadsheet of all the books I've been reading from the library...and all the movies too.
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This is happening right now with A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY. Every night I look forward to reading it before going to bed. I open it up, and read the first line where I stopped, and I'm immediately sucked back into that world. And I realize I have 150+ pages to go. <P> I think I'm liking it better than GARP. I like GARP a lot, but OWEN MEANY is a very good read.
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way back when. Not too much other Anthony though. It's funny. I love sci-fi and fantasy films, but not really books that fall under those categories. <p> I think it's because there's a LOT of CRAP in those genres, and I got burned. Also, some of 'em get soooo caught up in the details, the story suffers. I'm a character man. I don't really want to have to DECIPHER your tech-speak to enjoy a book.
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thanks for the tip, Flick
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I used to think Ellison was deep, but as I have gotten older, I find he is way over-rated…he has some colorful prose and sometimes interesting conciets, but he is an angry short man and it comes out in most of his tales…Of all I ever read, I was most impressed by “’Repent Harlequin’ said the Tick Tock Man“….Daughter totally digs “Run for the Stars“…
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company has arrived.
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I'm still not used to two F handles in the pedalback! <P> Love ya Fuzzy. <P> In a brotherly way. Not that there's anything wrong with the other way.
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Flesh and blood people are fun, but you have to TALK to them…and there’s no edit feature with that…
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What's goin' on?
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Unless you're the "Mute" guy, apparently!
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Apparel baner ads? Those "mesh" ones are pretty much NSFW! Not that I mind, mind. And a couple of the "lace" ones too. <p> Mmmm, mesh - makes me think of Scarlett. Best opening in a film, ever? Thank you, Sophia Coppola.
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Mute guy's life must have been COOOL...<p>Except for when you are young and your mother forgot that she had you…
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So what if he's got a fucking eyepatch? If you're judging it on the look, then how those costumes aren't the most faithful Jack Kirby depictions ever is beyond me. Sure the actual film could suck, but really? Are these actual comic fans whining about this stuff? To a lesser degree, same thing with Ang Lee's Hulk look. The second you space eyes more than one eye-length apart it's not going to look "real", but damn of those proportions and square features weren't as true as you could photorealistically get (with a bit a fidelity to Bana) to Kirby. I still maintain that in years to come that as far as effects go it will be objectively looked back on as every bit as much as an achievement as Gollum. Where people get confused is with the characterisations. Which is why they excuse all the shortcuts they took with Gollum (who WAS brilliant, make no mistake), in the second flick at least. <P> On possible Mark Ruffalo for new Hulk, yeah, I could see that. Fucking Feige pulled a low blow with the Norton comments. He really is the new Avi Arad.
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He musta been frustrated - "Who IS this kid in all these picture frames around my place?" - Mum.
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I think I'll do a you Cheeses and do a bit of a liveblog on Star Wars, but thought it'd be funny to do the audio commentary instead of the film itself. Yes, I'm a nerd disappearing up my own bumhole, but it's something different from the usual Han/Jabba's tail tale we've had on her I think three times now. I wanna hear what George had to say about it all back in 2004! <p> Anyway, even if everyone bails, I'll be upping the count and getting some work done drawing cute widdle kitties. For two separate jobs. WTF?!
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just listening to the Mel Gibson tape before watching SEVEN
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First time seeing Se7en?
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I've missed the hubbub - so this is AFTER the painted pig or whatever comments? What's the deal? I guess there's a link? <p> I wish people could separate the singer from the song though. Actors and Directors are just as stupid as anyone else, but just because they turn out to be a waste of space does not retroactively affect the quality of their previous work in my opinion, and unless the current project is directly tied to those predilections then it has no bearing on that stuff either. <p> In my view. <p> Apocalypto is one hell of a movie, Mad Mel or not.
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I haven't been keeping track. I just decided to listen to this and see what the big deal is. <P> http://tinyurl.com/2uj9ecc
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yeah, first time for SEVEN
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I look forward to watching it. As long as the disc holds up. I tried to watch RAMBO and it was too scratched up
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July 14, 2010, 10:03 p.m. CST
Se7en disc probably hasn't seen that level of abuse...
by Cheeses_of_Nazareth
more intellectual horror than bursting bullet frenzies...<p>Different demographic…
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Let's not hype it too much, Cheeses. Probably hopeless I know, but can't wait to see what you thought, ST. <p> One of my fave things though on first seeing Seven at the flicks was all the idiot/bimbos that staggered out, traumatised because they just saw Pitt was in it and thought he was dreamy so of course they'd go. You'll read a fucking review or at least look at the bloody poster NEXT time, won't you, stoopids?
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I caught it on DVD, or VHS or something from Blockbuster, but, damn, it really stuck to my Movie watching DNA...
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Watching SEVEN for the first time? Envy. That was the movie that really gave me respect for Pitt. Been onboard ever since. <p> 2 days til Inception youse guys. Getting antsy....
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I can go see it right now if I want... decisions decisions!
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July 14, 2010, 10:38 p.m. CST
Daughter and I are planning to see Inception...
by Cheeses_of_Nazareth
As soon as schedules allow…she didn’t know Nolan directed Prestige and Dark Knight…she is also heavy into dream interpretation…
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Yeah, that and 12 Monkeys showed he wasn't gonna do the 'pretty boy' thing, as I've said before was what brought me around to Damon as well.
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...right now if you want.
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...on that one, but...
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Read every Xanth book there was. Some of them twice. <P> Read every fantasy epic I could get my hands on, really. Was particularly into the Belgariad by David Eddings... and I will have you know, I read all this stuff BEFORE I read LOTR (although not before the Hobbit... and, fwiw, I read The Hobbit over several times, tried LOTR, and gave up fast because it wan't fun enough. Hey, I was 14, sue me.) <P> Other guilty but severe pleasure: the MythAdventures series by Robert Lynn Asprin. LOVE me some lame-ass fantasy humor. <P> Just to keep it real: my favorite book of all time remains Watership Down, Ursula LeGuin is a goddess, and Mark Helprin is a saint. AND, American Gods was the best novel I have read in a decade, and you do not get cooler than Sandman. Also, loved the original Dune (novel.) So I'm not a TOTAL rube... but I do love me some lowbrow shit, yo. And I ain't sorry. <P> Just finished Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Not in love, it was OK. Felt it was manipulative. That's all I'll say at the moment.
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...I was too. I'll be interested to hear what you think when it's all over.
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I understand why you and Flick must have bonded as you did… now you two got a hybrid…<p>That little girl is gonna grow up to be one very interesting individual…
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It's school holidays/term break as you say, and my wife doesn't work today! The cinemas are five minutes down the road, and they're all off at a friend's place. I can do it! I can do it I tell you!! <p> Just gotta finish these kitties though... <p> Scary, yeah, I'm one of the legion that loved Hobbit as a kid & only got halfway through fellowship...
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...AAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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...do it for all of us!
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SURROGATES, starring Bruce Willis, 2009. <P> This sci-fi thriller had a lot of things going for it: casting was well done, score was reminiscent of Batman or The Matrix, lending the necessary pathos, but the cinematography was so pedestrian it had me asking for- no, BEGGING for- the people from Heroes to show up and make it right. Jesus Christ. <P> Anyway, a film questioning the way modern humans unplug, the whole state of our semi-personal interactions... combine that with a widespread terror of looking larger than a size 4 dress, or having a less-than-full head of hair, and you have the world portrayed in Surrogates. The concept- a world where robots act as our avatars, while we sit in comfy chairs, our musles atrophying- is a simplistic argument against the impersonal nature of our hyper-computerized social interactions, and it pulls the heartstrings with an obvious- and tired- meme of personal tragedy which the hero must overcome. <P> In short: eh visuals, simplistic story, remedial character development, and Ving Rhames with a humungous head of dreds. But, some fun action scenes. No boobies AT ALL. <P> ★★☆☆☆⅓
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...would have gone a long way.<P> And boobies.
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...you can't give us some robot boobie?
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My Darling Daughter has her mother carved ALL over her personality DNA…It is really weird…But, she has my open mindedness and ability to suspend disbelief…see beyond the illusion…so she is a unique hybrid of her Mom and I, like I am of my mom and biological Dad…
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she can already recite the opening of Samurai Jack... <P> Long ago, in a distant wand... <P> I, Akooooo, the shapeshifting mastew of dahkness <P> unweashed an UNSPEAKABOOW EEEEEVO <P> But a foooooowish sumuwai wawiow, weiwding a magic sword, stepped fowf to OPPOSE me <P> Mommy, what is "oppose" mean? <P> Befow da finaw bwow was stwuck, <P> I twew open a powtaw in time <P> and fwund him into da future, <P> where my eeeevo is waw <P> Now da fooo seeks to wetuwn to da past, and undooo da future that is AAAAKOOOOOOOO <P> WHATCHAW!!!! <P> Yes, she says whatchaw. I shit you not.
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That's a real deal breaker for me...
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...turn out like some of her aunts and uncles...or great aunts and uncles...there are some floaters in the fucking gene pool, you know?
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July 14, 2010, 11:06 p.m. CST
By the way, what is this new little munchy hot chick...
by ScaryWaitress
The MANDY BUST? <P> I want it. I want to pull the stupid little bandeau top off, to see if it is, in fact, anatomically correct, as promised in the advert... and, if so, what her nipples look like. What DOES Chuck Williams think nipples should look like??!?!?
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I look at my gloriously confused beautiful 24 year old daughter and will always remember the first real conversation we ever had…<p>We were playing tea party with her Playschool kitchen and she brought me a tiny plastic plate and asked…”Y’want s’more?”
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most of those floaters aren't too bright... and our dd is plenty bright. So we're already ahead. <P> Right?
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I bet that would explain a lot of his brassy attitude. <P> I'll bet his six nipples are aiming all over the damn place. I'll bet he's a freak show. <P> I'll also bet Elmer Fudd is hung like a fucking Thoroughbred.
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It's not right.
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If Scary just said what I think she said...<P>You are one very fortunate man…My second wife had a thing for women…<p>Threesomes are cool, until you realize you’re doing twice the work for the same payoff…<p>It’s fun the first dozen times….but, well...
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I pay homage. I did NOT call it RIGHT-BRAIN CINEMA, because I do not take that title lightly. <P> When we finally see UGETSU, I will review it appropriately.
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HHHHAAAAA!!!!
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...Cheeses. As you know, the food service business is a den of iniquity.
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July 14, 2010, 11:21 p.m. CST
Imagine the level of "food service business"...
by Cheeses_of_Nazareth
In Las Vegas in the mid-90's...<p>I LIVED it , baby...
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...bad guys, and all that.
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of iniquity…in a town that never heard the words "Last Call"...
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...moldy, toasted, and fondued.<P> Praise the Cheese.
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Confirmed. <P> However, she doesn't "get" the Tennant attraction... so I question the verity of her claim...
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To dream of haywire rabbit nipples and little black ducks with fuzzy handcuffs and bullwhips... and a thing for little men with speech impediments... <P> Oh come ON, you KNOW Daffy and Fudd were on the DL...
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What test confirms estrogen on the inner-tubes?
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I am fucking TIRED... and I have another day at work tomorrow. <P> < P > help me.
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< P > be with you...<p>Nurture that hybrid and teach it to be a GOOD person...One you would call a friend...
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She actually lectured w her cousins on saying please and thank you. My sister-in-law overheard this exchange: <P> Cousin: "I want that" <P> L'il Ess: "What do you say?" <P> Cousin: "I want that please" <P> L'il Ess: "Very good! Here you go." <br> <br> Between that and the Samurai Jack litany, I thing we have a keeper. <P> G'nite Peebs!
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July 14, 2010, 11:47 p.m. CST
I'm not entirely sure you are a woman yet, Scary....
by Cheeses_of_Nazareth
Gays can still adopt in Jersey, right ….<p>I Keed , I Keed…<p>Honestly, I still wasn’t convinced until you outted yourself, Scary …<p>Actually, I would have never noticed that Flick didn’t write that post…<p>Hhhhmmm…If Nolan were directing Pedalback, Scary would be a gay man, Subs would be Roger Ebert, Flick would be Andy Warhol, and I would be the old guy who doesn’t have a clue what’s going on…
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"yes I know it, I can't help it" <p> Had to answer the call. Hopefully you guys'll see that tomorrow.
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Spear and magic helmet? <p> Yesss, spear and magic hew-met, <p> And I'll give you a sam-puw! <p> Flick, you'll have to teach her the Tweety song. Obviously she could nail it. "I'm a sweet widdle birdie up high in a cage, Tweety's my name but I don't know my age, etc, etc."
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My boy's first words (beyond Dadda, which came before Mamma to my wife's annoyance) were when on the back porch in his aeroplane swing (hella cute), he looked over to the dog and said, "Hayo, pup-pup!". Kids eh?
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“Come with me if you want to live…” is aces in my book….
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They are just cute little things to show off, until the first time you have a ’conversation’ with them and realize there is somebody in there..<p>When they hit puberty, they go away from you to 'find themselves' but, if you did your job, they will be back asking advice when the real world starts making inroads into their lives….
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grisly, dark thriller. Kinda weird/outrageous at the end. I like how they omit a certain someone's name from the beginning credits so you don't know who plays the killer. Nice touch there. Otherwise, eh. <P> 3/5
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I would give it 4.5 of 5...<p>Sorry, it didn't impress you the way it did me...<p>Still, it was enjoyable, in a dark sort of way, right?
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well, it doesn't help that I'm not to fond of horror or thriller/murder/serial killer type movies. I just never got into them. The only one I can tolerate is THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. <P> I think the acting was great, the atmosphere was on target, and fincher has never let me down directing. I just wasn't feeling it.
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SPOILER SPOILER, getting out of the cab and walking in, then turning himself in was freaky as hell, and it turning out to be ENIKV PCYASE of all people just made it even better. He plays serial killer very well.
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It IS a rather disturbing movie…
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g'night Cheeses!
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Oh. Gwyneth Paltrow's head. Hunh. Good one on you Spacey.
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When Halloween, Friday the 13th and Elm Street were hits at the cinema… I burned out on ‘horror’ pretty quickly…
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horror's bitch.
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I kind of hated Pitt's character enough that I was pleased at his targeted suffering...
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in Thelma and Louise...
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Ass cracks of Dawn, and all that....<p>Nytol...
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as you don't actually see the ear being sliced in Reservoir Dogs, all you see is the aftermath in Seven, but so many people THINK they saw the violence. <p> But yeah, if you're not big on thriller/killer etc stuff, then I guess. And if you don't feel it, you don't feel it. <p> Tell me you had the sound cranked for those fantastic opening & closing credits though...
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We take it pretty easy in terms of spoilers in here on those that may not have seen something. For instance there are a few of us that haven't caught the final season of Lost. And seeing as there may be a few in here that intend, like ST to watch it to be able to vote, ya might wanna take it easy with what's in the box when the rest of the Peebs are around. Hence ST with the spoilers and mix-em up warnings. Just lettin' ya know. Cheers.
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Those sparrows be fartin'!
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Sounds like he's all coked up or something. Yikes. And that other one about the "wetbacks", Jesus! I don't actually know what that means or why it's racist. But man oh man, he was goin' off!
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He keeps reminding me of that other Aussie, Rod Taylor the older he gets.
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Dowhannabee, all bah mah selllllf, anymo'. <p> Keepin' that count rollin' in the wee smalls...
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the Peebing Tom in the bushes is bored as hell
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...book suggestions.
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What's with the handle, bud? I wanna know the story!
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Nilla..the racist term "wetback" refers to illegal immigrants who got into this country by swimming in. In America it usually refers to Cubans and Mexicans. <p>The more you know...
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the perfect way to start your day
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But yes on coffee and cereal. Maybe put my cereal in the coffee...
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A very solid movie, with the opening monster attack a pretty good one. The family dynamic in the film was pretty funny. If non one has seen this, I highly recommend it.
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and I really wanted to like it, but the way it was shot irritated the hell outta me. all this slo-mo and blurry shit...fuck that.
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I can't imagine that being any good.
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John Williams only composed the scores for Harry Potter 1, 2, and 3. 4 was by Patrick Doyle and includes some wonderful pieces (the best being "Harry in Winter"- I highly advise you check it out). <p> Harry Potter 2 was actually, I think, kind of composed and conducted by someone else. I think Williams was extremely busy that year and wrote some new themes for Fawkes the Phoenix and Professor Lockheart, but I feel like it was someone else who put it all together.
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I have a memory of seeing strands of hair blowing out the top of the box when the camera sorta peers over it after Morgan Freeman backs away. <p> Guess that was my imagination.
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That's awesome.
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I flipped through that one night at a party. And it creeped me the FUCK out. I was afraid I woudln't get to sleep in my friend's guest room that night, even with my gf by my side. <p> It also inspired me to make a short film about it, but I haven't gotten around to that one yet.
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JP I think Thor could be good if it is way over the top.<p>There is nothing "real" about it with the exception of "our world". I would kind of like to see Thor improve where Hancock failed. He is an arrogant asshole who battles gods or aliens in our realm with total disregard for our communities. He flies straight through buildings fucking shit up "saving us".<p>There has to be a bit of humor(obviously)or it won't work.<p>It CAN be done right. We will see.
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Hi-larious. Weapons on the choppa. <p> I saw how LOST should have ended a few weeks ago. That one was pretty good. Best I saw so far was how Star Trek should have ended, as it very aptly demonstrated how after jettisoning the WARP CORE into the black hole, there's no way the Enterprise should have been able to warp away from it after the ensuing explosion.
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I dont read much genre fiction but one of my favorite books is The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester. Its the only book I have ever read twice. It is essentially The Count of Monte Cristo in outer space.<p>Teleportation, Space ships, sledgehammers, betrayal and revenge. It is a quick read and fun as hell.<p>Checked IMDB and it looks like they are making the film to be released in 2012. If we are around that long. I hope.
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Hell, just flipping through the pages will cause you to LOSE YOUR FUCKING MIND. <p> As the book progresses, pages are written upside down, texts swirling around in spiral patterns, blocks within blocks of storytelling. Sometimes one sentence or even one word on a page to draw out the tension. <p> Its so fucking bugnuts insane. I can't even remember the exact premise. I think what happened is someone found these texts in a footlocker/chest in an old house, and they ended up being diary notes or journal entries or some researchers who went into a house where a family disappeared. <p> As it goes, this family bought a house, and one day not too long after they moved in, they noticed a door that wasn't there before. When they opened it, it was nothing but pitch blackness. They'd start walking through it, and as they walked, they realized it was improbably long. As an experiment, the dad takes his video camera, shows the door in front of him, climbs out of a window to his right and walks behind the house to show that whatever is behind the door should only extend about 5-10 feet or so. He continues to walk around the house and climbs back in through the window on the opposite wall. <p> When they actually walk all the way through the black hallway behind the door, it takes 5 minutes. Its known as the 5 minute hallway. <p> Eventually, new rooms start appearing, the family starts forgetting what should be there and what shouldn't. Its like the house is growing on the inside, but not outwardly. Sometimes there are loud, strange growls as if there is something inside. And soon the kids go missing. People are getting lost inside their own house. <p> I think a team of researchers go in and get lost themselves. Its fucking creepy. <p> And I've never read it. Only flipped through the pages at a party, but I found myself unable to stop.
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Jennifer Love Hewitt. Soooooo hot. want to touch the hieny. Ah OOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
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... is brother to the singer/songwriter Poe. I think in one of Poe's songs, they actually use some text from "House of Leaves". He's the one speaking the poetry on the remix of that song "Hey Pretty" I believe.
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morgan notices hair
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She said, boy, it sure is somethin'.
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she made a companion album to his book a long time ago and they were doing book/cd signings..<P>good people.
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... were released on the internet bit by bit. I had heard, and maybe this is what is written on the back of the book, that it developed a cult following as pages of it would just appear in random places, like coffee houses and in parks.
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lets see if it blooms
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Again!
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have you guys heard about this flower thats supposed to bloom in houston. supposedly its gone nationwide..the flower is supposedly huge and everyone thinks it precious.<P>i know better..ive seen this film and its original ending doesnt end well.
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its when he cuts it open i think
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Is it anything like this? http://tinyurl.com/263jmmo
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That my girlfriend had been cheating on me. With another girl.
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I might have to seek that one out. Its cool that I have you guys to recommend stuff cause one of the things that I "don't like" about reading is the time investment only to find out I have wasted my time on turd I care nothing about.<p>I have been pretty lucky the last few I have read though.<p>A Confederacy of Dunces (must read in my opinion)<p>Brimstone by Robert Parker (author of Appaloosa)<p>and now<p>A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by David Eggers
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just watched it..morgan comments about blood and thats it..
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for you to have not gotten in on that would have been a true nightmare.
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http://tinyurl.com/29w4rg
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Oh the power of implied visuals.
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... that two of the Greek Chorus members from Little Shop of Horrors ended up starring in "Martin" together as Martin Lawrence's wife and nemesis?
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http://tinyurl.com/39jcrm6
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Blowing shit up, and all in black and white... that's pretty awesome. I was ALWAYS impressed with that puppet. To this day I *still* don't know exactly how they got it to move so damn fast.
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it has the special features that include the alt ending.<P>the newer ones do not.
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Society's collapse is imminent. Soon they will rule the world.
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Sixes..you said it's taller than your wife. How tall is your wife?
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Because I get the feeling the Audrey II's enjoy what they're doing.
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Chicken, fellas. Remember the chicken.
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you should have tried to get in on the action. <P> Monday night I had a dream I got arrested at a Target for shoplifting. They couldn't prove I did it, but I wasn't complying so they handcuffed me. But I had some secret method to make money by taking items back to Target, but I wasn't "shoplifting". It was some weird "dream deus ex machina" that allowed me to get these items and return them for money. Weird.
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...OF LEAVES a couple of weeks ago.
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Your dream sounds like the Wal-Mart scam, since they'll take anything back.
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lil spitfire
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First, sorry about the spoilery box stuff. I'll be more considerate in the future. <p> I read House of Leaves a few years ago. It was....interesting. Creepy stuff, but it takes some work to get thru. And Poe's album was aptly named 'Haunted'. Had a song titled '5 minute hallway'. <p> And MacReady...if a title sounds interesting, just ask & I'd be more than happy to give a quick little synopsis (of course, Amazon does that too, prolly better than I could). <p> Jolly good day all. I GOTS to do some house cleaning. FUN...
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...so I can perform the heinylicken maneuver and save her!
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of chris elliot in scary movie 2..
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...Mac's battle cry got me off on a tangent.
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Never knew it was a companion to a book... I found it by chance. I always thought it was way more about her own daddy issues... interesting to know that was all about a book...
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but I hate filth more. When does the FUTURE get here with its robot maids and virtual booty? <p> That's the trouble with the future. We're always in the present.
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but all those recordings of her dad sprinkled throughout were kinda creepy-sad.
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be out? This is a movie site right?<p>Don't know if we have any O&A fans in the mix but....."Learnin's fer queers."
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my wife can join her in smurf village. My wife is 5'1"
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...cleaning. Things have to get worse before they get better.
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I think they would work better in the Shire.
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called it immaculate.
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racist definitions to homophobia in under 4 hours. Sadly that is no record for this site.<p>Maybe the longest transition in hate speech in an AICN TB. Maybe that record.
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I think I'm tackling the basement this weekend. <P> The wife wants me to do something with my boxes of GI JOE, TRANSFORMERS, and STAR WARS. I'm like "Um, leave them where they are?" <P> THEY TAIN'T GOING ANYWHERE.
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I got Poe's album first, just 'cause I like her. Bought & read 'House of Leaves' and enjoyed/wanted to burn that.....THEN found out months later that was her brother & they sort of go together. Is that a signpost up ahead? Creepy....
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"INCEPTION is a godsend" bandwagon at all. I have no fanaticism towards Nolan, and think both of his Batman movies are average, liking the first one more than the second. I haven't seen any of his other movies, either. <P> I even skipped INCEPTION news on here, because it did nothing for me. But seeing the trailer on TV has me intrigued and psyched that I will walk into the theater and have a great time.
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I have at my mom's. She's always saying "You need to do something about these." I'm all like "You're right. I need to organize/alphabetize them. But Future Jefe can handle it."
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July 15, 2010, 8:47 a.m. CST
my wifes a feisty woman who just happens to be petite.
by Six Demon Bag
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formerly of regular radio now almost exclusively on SiriusXM.
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Clean, clean.....say a prayer ya'll.
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i really dont even know whos in it other than leo and juno.<P>and yes i will be seeing it.<P>i think nolans a pretty good director, defintely in projects he initiates. ive liked all his films.
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You should check out Memento, arguably Nolan's best.
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THE COMINGING?
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but typing is fucking sloooooow here.
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...because your ad is effective...<P> "petite 4'11 feisty ex-cheerleader lil spitfire..."
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list of must-sees
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Inception is a 4 out of 4?<p>Yeah well to me now it is a a 2. <p>I'm an ass that way.<p>One day I know I will avoid a crowd of people in a frenzy over the "newest, latest, greatest thing" and I will be one of the few people spared in some kind of targeted attack.<p>Thank you glass half empty attitude.
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im afraid if i unchain her, she might not come back..defintely after all this WHO nonsense.
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...contrary on being contrary...<P> Why should I let other people and their hyperbolic expectations decide what I get to like? Fuck the herd, I'm gonna like what I want. I have depths of contrary they can't even dream of!<P> [slams fist]
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It is twice as big as it needs to be.
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...thanks.
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July 15, 2010, 9:07 a.m. CST