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Liveblogging the Horrific Star Wars Movie
Sorry, I started watching Star Wars. So far, I'm bored.
They introduced the Han replacement. He immediately put the Secret Data into a Cute, Plucky Droid That Speaks in Babbles and Squeaks. Then he got captured by a a dude in a black mask. Well! I've never seen that before! At least not with dude being the the one captured! Oh, now the R2 replacement is wandering the desert to deliver the information to a Luke replacement-- and check it out! she's a Girl! Did I just blow your mind? um, the r2 replacement got captured by a weird looking small statured desert scavenger, who delivered the r2 replacement to the luke replacement. Are you fucking kidding me with this garbage? Oh instead of the bones of a large dead monster in the desert, the Luke analogue was by the body of an old dead AT-AT Walker. Now the Darth analogue is torturing the Leia analogue (who's a dude). Um, this is just Star Wars again with gender flips. And why are the good guys the "Resistance"? DID THEY NOT WIN THE WAR IN THE LAST TRILOGY? What are they resisting? Succumbing to the blandishments of power? Seriously, the Han analogue is kept in a place that looks like the death star. The guy rescuing him just took off his Stormtrooper helmet and said "I'm rescuing you." Like in the other movie. Now they're pretending it's a prisoner transfer. Like in the other movie. This is a garbage movie made by garbage people. They're in a TIE fighter, escaping.They have to "take out cannons or we're not going to get very far." But they have to travel the length of the Star Destroyer to find the lasers to destroy (seems like they could have been avoided) then the just blow up like one of them. Um, now they're teaming up to shoot down threats, just like in Star Wars (except now they're shooting incoming missiles rather than TIE fighters). Garbage. I don't know why the TIE fighter blew up after it sank into the quicksand. Now we get the "Stand on the cliff and look down at Mos Eisley" shot. Garbage. Not-Darth just said "I want that map" like Darth said "I want those plans." He also said something like "I don't care what it takes" like Darth did. Garbage. The white girl just attacked the black guy randomly and accused him of being a thief. #Aggressed There's some running and shooting and Chasey Music now. It's boring. Garbage. There's also some lame flirtation and a sex-role-reversal where the black dude's trying to protect the girl but GET THIS it's actually the girl who knows how to protect the dude. #BlowYerMind #ThisIsntTheFiftiesAnymore They stole a #NostalgiaItem and there is further shooting and Chasey Music. BTW they're teaching themselves to fly a spaceship on the, um, fly. "I'm getting pretty good at this" = "Spinning! That's a good idea!" It's like they took the plot elements, chase sequences, objects, locations, and dialogue from the first three movies and just swapped different elements in different scenes. So like they have the fly-through-the-spaceship part of Return of the Jedi in the part of Star Wars where Luke and Han fight off the TIE Fighters. (Yeah, a second incidence of that.) Now Not-Darth is getting all Voice Modulated and Angry about his Generals' incompetence. Boy where have I seen this before?!?! He's strangling a general. #TheInnovation! Fixing the #NostalgiaItem now with humorous yelling. I've never seen such cute character interplay, except in the other movies! #NostalgiaItem is now being dragged into the enemy ship by tractor beams. Give me a break. Oh my god they're hiding in the cargo hold spaces. Garbage. Okay cute reversal -- the enemy ship wasn't as expected. Basically, so far, this is, in Mr. Plinkett's words, a movie for babies. Nerd #FanService with a #CallbackQuote for bonus #Nostalgia. "Moofmilker" = "Nerfherder" OMG, Han's problem in this movie is that he OWES A SMUGGLER LORD MONEY!!! Guy who speaks with Greedo's voice is now saying Han is going to die. "I've got a bad feelling about this" - CHECK THAT BOX!!! Um, large thing rolling towards harrison ford in tight corridor = Raiders of the Lost Ark. Seriously this movie is like VH-1's newest show, "Hey, Remember the Star Wars Trilogy?" They should have Michael Ian Black commenting. Like, "Oh, and when we saw Boba Fett, we just all thought he was sooo cool." Another #NostalgiaItem Callback. Also, this sequence is a variation of the mynock cave. There is an Emperor Replacement because of course. He is slightly different than the other one. But just because there's CGI now. So horrible: Not-Darth has a familial connection to a Main Hero Character. I might honestly just turn this crap off. Another #NostaligiaItem callback to the first movie (chessboard). The R2-replacement is now projecting his Secret Data. Luke was training new jedi. One boy betrayed him, turned against him. Come on, you can do better than this. Or I guess you can't. Hero always refuses the Call to Adventure. Says she has to get home. That is of course from Hero With a 1000 Faces. I guess that's not a ripoff since all movies do that. Still. Cantina Replacement follows hero's refusal of the Call to Adventure. This movie is actually cheaper looking than I expected. Was not wowed by Cantina Ripoff Scene. Music was boring and sounded like Reggae. Didn't sound spacey like the actual cantina's did. I might put on 50 Shades of Gray again. The other hero, Finn, now Refuses the Call to Adventure. I guess they all have to. It's in their Heroic Contract. This movie is very derivative and bland. There's nothing interesting or new or *real*. Just all flashbacks and stuff. It's not terrible, but it's annoying they think they can just shove nostalgia callbacks at me and i'll just applaud Because Reference Recognized!!! Wouldn't it be great if one hero didn't refuse the call to adventure but instead when he was invited to go on an adventure in the stars said "Fuck yeah, I'm comin'!!!" Series of hallucinations which generally resemble Luke's Trial in the Cave on Deggobah. Ugh, this stupid little orange Linda Hunt alien appears to be a damn Yoda replacement -- sex reversed, obviously!!! Now she's giving a Yoda speech. Fuck this movie. Fuck it very hard. Were critics and rightwing nerdbloggers paid to claim this movie was good? Now we see the Destruction of Alderaan. The innovation? We see it briefly from the perspective of people on Alderaan. Here's the takeaway: Laser beams that blow up entire planets look even dumber from close up. Here's a ripoff/homage to the original: Stormtrooper armor is as useless as ever. Chase through the jungle. 98% chance we'll be on speederbikes or some other small personal transports soon. MAJOR CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: Han Solo likes using Chewie's bowcaster. Apparently, in 60 years, he never once shot it before. #Whatever This movie's plot is like a videogame's "story." It *sort of* connects different scenes, in obvious and ham-handed ways, but you know the whole point is just to get to the next Level Boss. No speederbikes. I'm kinda disappointed that "shooting on real locations with practical effects" looks kinda as terrible as Lucas' CGI. There's just no reality here. Oh, god. Now they've even got Jabba the Hutt as part of the Resistance. Nevermind, it's Leia. Movie takes a big jump up in quality as it addresses a glaring defect it had had until now: Not enough Homosexual Robot Butlers. Check that box! Luke/Han hug flashback. Hint: Never name a main villain "Snoke" unless you're JK Fucking Rowling. It sounds stupid. Female Luke Replacement now in a torture device like Han was in Empire. Also, evil guy saying stuff about her "friends." Vader Replacement has lot of tricks other jedi/sith didn't. Like full-on mindreading. Vader Replacement looks dumb outside the context of Lena Dunham's snootch. This movie makes me pine for Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. #JediMindTrick, completely untrained. #GarbageMovieMadeByGarbagePeople F*** this movie. Luke had to go to Degobah to learn the Jedi Mind Trick. This girl does it without even anyone explaining the force to her. She just does it. New sequence -- just introduced in a videogamish "Now here's the new mission" way -- is to do exactly what they did in Return of the Jedi -- some heroes disabling the shields so that the other heroes can fly ships into the big building ship and blow it up from the outside. Leia looks like Overweight Caitlyn Jenner. It's alarming. I'm feeling feelings I don't feel a boy should feel!!! This movie is pure garbage. I can't stress that enough. It's seriously crap for babies and nerds who just want to believe in something. Save your money. This movie is seriously getting worse and it didn't start out that good. This movie should be called Star Wars: Trump Force. The only character I like is Chewbacca. Direct shot swipe of Leia skuking aboard the Rebel Blockade Runner (first moments of Star Wars). It's good because I like References that I Recognize! Now there's a bit of a ripoff of the Star Wars cross-the-chasm-in-the-death-star part (where luke uses his grapple line). The chick just scales the walls. Kind of a ripoff of the Battle of Hoth now. I don't know what they're going to ripoff for the sequel. They've pillaged all the old references in this one. #Innovation: *These* X-wings are black (and kind of ugly). Han Solo's role in this is to be an older Alec Guinness. They've even got a *Porkins* Replacement! Solo shooting up the Death Star corridor ripoff. I'll stop pointing out the homages and ripoffs. That's all this fucking movie is. 1, this "Starkiller" set is ugly and dumb. It doesn't look cool like the death star sets. It's "darker," yet dumb. 2. Once you know the size of the main stage at Twickenham studios or whatever, it's hard not to notice all the Big Sets fit into that same space. I'm seeing more pointless CGI than I was promised. Noticing once again that in the Star Wars universe, architects routinely save money by not putting in handrails on bridges over infinitely deep pits. They're just like, "Nah, it'll ruin the aesthetic we're going for anyway." I can't tell you how hard I'm rejecting Adam Driver as a Big Bad. The only thing he menaces is Lena Dunham's dirty sexpit. In Star Wars, Luke didn't fight Vader until he'd been trained. Again, this movie is like Training Schmaining. People just instantly become Jedi Adepts. Another Training Schmaining moment, as another character does something Luke couldn't do until he had been practicing with the Force for a whole movie (and several years). More shit I've already seen -- Death Star trench ripoff. Not to exaggerate, but this movie is worse than The Holocaust. Hitler can now breathe easy -- he's only the #2 villain. The White Supremacists must love this movie. "It's the movie that proves Hitler wasn't so bad after all!" Villain says, "You need a teacher! I could show you the ways of the force!" Dude, the chick just blew through three years of Jedi training in like five minutes using her own intuition. She could teach you. Annnnnd... she did just teach him. OUT: The Force is a powerful ally, but to master it, study you must IN: Training Schmaining, I'm young and cute I can't believe this movie is almost over. I felt nothing. About anything. Except contempt and hatred for my fellow man. I'm beginning to understand why people beat up nerds. Nerds, they seem to want to like things, even if they're rubbish. They all agree this rubbishy thing is awesome and somehow this is a signal-and-countersignal in their Nerd Covens. Because this movie is a jackass piece of drecky shit. It's not exilerating or adventurous or joyous. It's a sloggy grind through #NostalgiaDumps and #CGIBullshit. Cartoon heroes shoot cartoon bullets at each other. It tries for an emotional impact it just doesn't have any right to. All I can say is: People in this movie recover from allegedly traumatic events very quickly. Because they have to. It's in the script that the ending be upbeat. Wait, is this movie not almost ending? Shit, I was hoping that was it. F*** me. Was that just Act II? I feel like 1940s Imperious Director Guy -- "I asked you for magic! You've given me muddle!" Okay no that was it. It's over. I loved it!!! Four stars!!!! Recaptures all the excitement and wonder of the original!!!! Update: of the four movies I liveblogged -- Specter, Star Wars: Force Unleashed, Jurassic World, and 50 Shades of Gray -- I think I have to say 50 Shades of Gray was the least offensively bad. Update: Boring, "let's learn the history of the American blues and reggae tradition" cantina music was written by the idiot who wrote Hamilton, because of course.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Dr. chiefjaybob, who hates everyone at May 04, 2016 06:24 PM (cgH9o)
Posted by: tu3031 at May 04, 2016 06:26 PM (YFFpo)
Posted by: chiefjaybob, who hates everyone at May 04, 2016 06:26 PM (cgH9o)
Honestly.
Posted by: Qoheleth at May 04, 2016 06:26 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: CanaDave at May 04, 2016 06:27 PM (hg55o)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 06:28 PM (rgXmo)
Posted by: a T-Rex and some Raptors at May 04, 2016 06:28 PM (H9MG5)
I guess Greedo had some of that magic testosterone.
Posted by: Qoheleth at May 04, 2016 06:28 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 04, 2016 06:29 PM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 04, 2016 06:29 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 06:29 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: Joe Mama at May 04, 2016 06:29 PM (t9SwN)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at May 04, 2016 06:30 PM (eHpnh)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 06:30 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: Dread Pirate Roberts at May 04, 2016 06:30 PM (nbrY/)
Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2016 06:30 PM (4ETUc)
Uh... yes.... its Disney....
gotta have the Power Princess... and weak guys.
Posted by: Don Quixote at May 04, 2016 06:30 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: Fritz at May 04, 2016 06:31 PM (f40FU)
Star Wars: Return of the Testosterone
Star Wars: The Phantom Hormone
Star Wars: Revenge of the Estrogen
Posted by: Qoheleth at May 04, 2016 06:31 PM (iIzG7)
Hmmmmm...sounds like this merits further study. Johnson, where's that grant paperwork?
Posted by: Prof. Phineas J. Whoopee at May 04, 2016 06:31 PM (YFFpo)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 04, 2016 06:31 PM (nsvdT)
I haven't seen it, but I suspect SWFU was like Abrams Star Trek: very impressive visually, lots of fan service, and lacking in story or logic. So people walked away dazzled, then later on thought back and said " you know, it really wasn't that good."
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 04, 2016 06:31 PM (39g3+)
I'm sick of it.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at May 04, 2016 06:30 PM (eHpnh)
Soooo... no new Ghostbusters?
Posted by: Don Quixote at May 04, 2016 06:31 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: LOL Kabong at May 04, 2016 06:32 PM (datdl)
Posted by: Hector at May 04, 2016 06:32 PM (pY6mC)
Posted by: Admiral Akbarette at May 04, 2016 06:32 PM (0cMkb)
Posted by: willy at May 04, 2016 06:32 PM (Ffw22)
Posted by: Guest of the Scotts at May 04, 2016 06:32 PM (jkztu)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 06:33 PM (rgXmo)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 04, 2016 06:33 PM (RwwCT)
Yes, Star Wars fucking sucks. The first one was OK as a kid's movie, but the rest of it fucking sucks.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at May 04, 2016 06:33 PM (eHpnh)
Posted by: a T-Rex and some Raptors at May 04, 2016 06:28 PM (H9MG5)
And of course, a Father dies in the end...
Posted by: Don Quixote at May 04, 2016 06:34 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: willy at May 04, 2016 06:34 PM (Ffw22)
than the Marvel Comics I pirate (yes, it's stealing but it's stealing from Disney), I have no interest anymore. The new movie was just so bland. I doubt it
will be remembered in five years. Nostalgia is an oppressive force increasingly weaponized by Hollywood.
Posted by: Naes at May 04, 2016 06:34 PM (Ypc8j)
Rey - the Force says she's the one
Finn - a name he took himself
Han - got killed by his own son
Snoke - the evil rule head
Ren - the knight who follow Snoke
Luke - who isn't really dead
That will bring us back to Poe, Poe, Poe, Poe
Posted by: Qoheleth at May 04, 2016 06:34 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: Cashin at May 04, 2016 06:35 PM (7qMnB)
Female Main character who kicks ass on everyone...
Posted by: Don Quixote at May 04, 2016 06:35 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 04, 2016 06:31 PM (39g3+)
_______
What I always loved about Star Trek was that the actors were and played grown-ups. It wasnt another show that employed 20-something model types.
Abrams films look like a Star Trek merchandise truck crushed into an Abercrombie & Fitch store.
Posted by: Dixie Wetsworth, Cruz2020! at May 04, 2016 06:35 PM (qOCQ0)
I watched it at the house.
Posted by: Amazing Tom Grace at May 04, 2016 06:35 PM (dfQ4e)
Go Jabba! Get some! Yeah, good boy.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 04, 2016 06:35 PM (ej1L0)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 04, 2016 06:35 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: La Frontera at May 04, 2016 06:36 PM (N7G17)
Posted by: Qoheleth at May 04, 2016 06:36 PM (iIzG7)
I'll never catch up on pop culture. Sadly its not because I'm immersed in the best of the classical works or thinking great thoughts instead.
Posted by: Palerider at May 04, 2016 06:36 PM (dkExz)
Posted by: Don Quixote at May 04, 2016 06:34 PM (qf6WZ)<<<
No no no, it's ok. In the next one we see he survives by being encased in a carbonite refrigerator and riding the explosion to safety.
Posted by: JJ Lucas at May 04, 2016 06:36 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: Amazing Tom Grace at May 04, 2016 06:36 PM (dfQ4e)
Binge watch GOT. It's better for you. Or, watch After the Thrones and/or Thronecast. I think you would like them.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 04, 2016 06:36 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Hillary! at May 04, 2016 06:36 PM (YFFpo)
Posted by: Sven10077 at May 04, 2016 06:37 PM (T0djb)
Posted by: Eiko Klimant at May 04, 2016 06:37 PM (mL2BD)
Posted by: @votermom at May 04, 2016 06:37 PM (nbrY/)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 06:37 PM (B48dK)
Honestly.
Posted by: Qoheleth at May 04, 2016 06:26 PM (iIzG7)
Lose fifteen pounds and then try it on again.
Posted by: Insomniac at May 04, 2016 06:38 PM (0mRoj)
Force Awakens is not a sequel, it's a shot for shot remake of New Hope + estrogen.
Posted by: LOL Kabong at May 04, 2016 06:38 PM (datdl)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at May 04, 2016 06:38 PM (eHpnh)
I'm writing it down right now, votermom - and I'll sell it to someone other than JJ Abrams.
Posted by: Qoheleth at May 04, 2016 06:38 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: Sven10077 at May 04, 2016 06:38 PM (T0djb)
Posted by: McCann at May 04, 2016 06:39 PM (E7b4C)
Posted by: Gunslinger at May 04, 2016 06:39 PM (4S7hN)
Posted by: Gus Van Sant at May 04, 2016 06:39 PM (39g3+)
Snoke - the evil ruling head
Ren - the knight who follows Snoke...
Posted by: Qoheleth at May 04, 2016 06:36 PM (iIzG7)
Stimpy - the cat who gets repeatedly abused by Ren
Posted by: Insomniac at May 04, 2016 06:39 PM (0mRoj)
That was the safe course after the 90s turds.
Remind everybody of what they enjoyed, not hated
Posted by: wooga at May 04, 2016 06:40 PM (2LAuN)
The tinfoil-hat-wearing party?
Posted by: Actor at May 04, 2016 06:40 PM (nFzcV)
"So there's a Resistance even though they reestablished the Republic? Is it a resistance in Order-controlled
space? Okay. How much of the galaxy does the Order control compared to
the Republic? Why does the Order control ANY planets 30 years after
ROTJ? Why can't the Resistance get Republic support to attack the 3rd Death Star? You'd think a world-destroying weapon would slightly interest the Republic Navy. None of this makes any fucking sense. God forbid you provide context, JJ."
Posted by: Naes at May 04, 2016 06:40 PM (Ypc8j)
Hands down, he is the most overrated hack moviemaker in modern times. He's fucking WORSE than Zack Snyder, who at least makes visually entertaining schlock.
Abrams is garbage but people keep praising him as a modern Spielberg (because he's ripped off so much shit from Spielberg over the years).
Posted by: LOL Kabong at May 04, 2016 06:40 PM (datdl)
Posted by: fluffy at May 04, 2016 06:40 PM (2hcmo)
Side movie review: Don't bother with The 5th Wave. Apparently they liked the popular book so much they bought the rights to it, and then completely re-wrote it. Badly.
Yes, H-Wood actually took a best selling book and turned it into a cinematic flop. Top. Men.
Posted by: Tilikum KAW at May 04, 2016 06:40 PM (m3iiU)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at May 04, 2016 06:41 PM (eHpnh)
Posted by: wooga at May 04, 2016 06:41 PM (2LAuN)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 06:41 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 04, 2016 06:42 PM (nsvdT)
There's her (of course) cross race/cross ideology love interest...there's the borderline idiot fighter/ace super spy...and yeah the victorious rebels are now uh rebels again
Posted by: Sven10077 at May 04, 2016 06:42 PM (T0djb)
It's a drip drip. What's news is that Guccifer got into Hillary's server not just Sid Vicious's AOL e-mail account.
It's also curious how Herridge got an exclusive interview with a guy in jail.
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 04, 2016 06:42 PM (r1fLd)
Posted by: Gunslinger at May 04, 2016 06:42 PM (4S7hN)
I have no plans to ever see another Star Wars movie.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at May 04, 2016 06:43 PM (vRKfn)
at least Star Trek has different episodes.
Posted by: x at May 04, 2016 06:43 PM (nFwvY)
Honestly.
---
sure it does: do you really think a low testosterone beta male is going to say "no, it doesn't make you look fat, all that cellulite does..."
Posted by: redc1c4 at May 04, 2016 06:43 PM (WhYLb)
I don't think they meant for it to be funny...
Posted by: nnptcgrad at May 04, 2016 06:43 PM (PzBTm)
IMHO, #4 is best followed by #6, #1, #5, #2, #3.
Yup, I liked the prequels.
Posted by: Natrium at May 04, 2016 06:44 PM (SVbj1)
This is all movies now. Recognizable IP and lots of spectacle, so you can get white people to break away from their Netflixin', YouTubin', and Torrentin' to go to the movie theaters and pay money, and a bare bones story so you can make bank in the overseas markets.
Posted by: reform highlander at May 04, 2016 06:44 PM (jCH/T)
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 04, 2016 06:42 PM (r1fLd)
She asked? seeing as how she is the ONLY one in the MSM who seems to be an actual reporter?
Posted by: Don Quixote at May 04, 2016 06:44 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: fluffy at May 04, 2016 06:45 PM (2hcmo)
Posted by: fluffy at May 04, 2016 06:40 PM (2hcmo)
British spelling before we shaved it.
Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 04, 2016 06:45 PM (uURQL)
Posted by: Sir Bruce a Lot at May 04, 2016 06:45 PM (k4M/B)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 06:45 PM (B48dK)
Don't get vagina!
Posted by: wooga at May 04, 2016 06:46 PM (2LAuN)
Posted by: Hanna Solo at May 04, 2016 06:46 PM (0cMkb)
I don't think they meant for it to be funny...
Posted by: nnptcgrad at May 04, 2016 06:43 PM (PzBTm)
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOoOOooooooo.
Theater laughed.
Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 04, 2016 06:46 PM (uURQL)
Mary Sue. She checks off pretty much every box. Move over Wesley
Crusher.
-She's a better fighter than the stormtrooper.
-She's more moral than everyone despite having no parents or guardians
-She's a better pilot than everyone.
-She's a mechanical genius bar none.
-She's a better lightsaber fighter than the stormtrooper
-She can do advanced Force techniques without any training
-It takes her one shot with a blaster before she's Any Oakley.
So why does she need training from Luke? She should be teaching Luke. She's a narcissistic proxy for millennials.
Posted by: Naes at May 04, 2016 06:46 PM (Ypc8j)
I only counted 22 characters you can make into action figures.
Amateurs.
Posted by: G. Lucas at May 04, 2016 06:46 PM (datdl)
Posted by: Mr. Plinkett at May 04, 2016 06:46 PM (bIhmV)
Posted by: Comic Book Guy at May 04, 2016 06:46 PM (FXW24)
Star Trek: 4, 2, 6, 3, 5, 1.
(Jeez, that looks a lot like the firing order on my CJ-7...)
Posted by: Qoheleth at May 04, 2016 06:46 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: Hanna Solo at May 04, 2016 06:47 PM (0cMkb)
Who were paid well to continue making garbage.
Time to make something better.
Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 04, 2016 06:47 PM (uURQL)
Posted by: CanaDave at May 04, 2016 06:47 PM (hg55o)
Posted by: wte9 at May 04, 2016 06:47 PM (xYr9U)
Posted by: Fritz at May 04, 2016 06:47 PM (f40FU)
Watched the latest Star Wars movie last night..... Meh, nothin to write home about...
Posted by: donna at May 04, 2016 06:47 PM (O2RFr)
You may be seated in the logue or in the analogue. I highly reccomend the logue.
Posted by: Testosteroney Usher at May 04, 2016 06:48 PM (eHpnh)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 06:48 PM (rgXmo)
Posted by: Disney Cares about Diversity! at May 04, 2016 06:48 PM (wQWv4)
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 04, 2016 06:49 PM (vZuaP)
I think though that they have made the ground work to move into rebels and clone wars plots. Where the bell is snips (Anoka) other then rebels. She is the oldest most powerful Jedi left by then --unless like rebels kills her. She trained with Anakin.
Which brings up questions: I thought all this force shit was really hard to master. Luke did a little bit of training for like a week and he's the ultimate Jedi? Why isn't Leia force wielding the shit out of things? Luke 2 was a master Jedi just by grabbing a saber so why isn't Leia force donkey punching storm troopers?
I think luke 2 is Luke's1 bastard just like Anakin was the detritus of one night stand of tattoine. Apparently the Jedi are a noble line of dead beat dad's traveling the galaxy spreading the force to trailer park girls on desert planets?
Posted by: Bestie21 at May 04, 2016 06:49 PM (/51gj)
Grab prominent details, shoehorn them together, make a pastiche, make it loud to distract until the obligatory ending.
However badly he did it with Force Awakens, he did it ten times worse with Into Darkness. That movie is shit on celluloid.
Posted by: Eiko Klimant at May 04, 2016 06:49 PM (mL2BD)
I enjoyed 2 and 3 way more than 7. Force Awakens was just constant pleas of "Look you rubes, we listened to you! Here's a nostalgic thing you liked from the non-prequels! Enjoy this reheated turd!"
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 06:50 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2016 06:50 PM (4ETUc)
1-6 (to be heretical, yes, I liked Jar-Jar Binks too). Number 7 is
garbage.
IMHO, #4 is best followed by #6, #1, #5, #2, #3.
Yup, I liked the prequels.
#1 had its good points, I think. It certainly had potential, but was poorly handled in a lot of ways (been a very long time since I saw it last.)
I like the theory that Jar Jar B was actually a Sith Lord - it actually makes quite a bit of sense. Wish Lucas had gone that route...
Posted by: Grey Fox at May 04, 2016 06:50 PM (bZ7mE)
He knew once the nostalgia and "OH LIGHTSABERS!" wore off the backlash would be profound...
so he ragequit the series (thank Yoda)
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 06:50 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Ishkibibble at May 04, 2016 06:51 PM (lmPMy)
Posted by: Gus Van Sant at May 04, 2016 06:51 PM (39g3+)
While at work the other night, SyFy was showing a Winona Earp marathon.
Is that Wyatt Earp after a sex change?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 04, 2016 06:51 PM (k4M/B)
I watched it at the house.
Posted by: Amazing Tom Grace at May 04, 2016 06:35 PM (dfQ4e)
This is the best comment on the world wide web!
Posted by: KIllerdog at May 04, 2016 06:51 PM (PmraW)
Posted by: The Donald at May 04, 2016 06:51 PM (c7vUv)
swung for the fences and struck out. Heck, I still remember some of the John
Williams music. The new one has such cynical motives. Every tree is expertly crafted but the forest is unhealthy.
Posted by: Naes at May 04, 2016 06:52 PM (Ypc8j)
Teach Luke?
Shit bro dream big...she is giving Yoda, Obi-Wan, and Qui-Gon after life life lessons.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 06:52 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Axeman at May 04, 2016 06:53 PM (2mC6G)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at May 04, 2016 06:53 PM (0q2P7)
My guess is that the New Republic's reach is limited when compared to the Empire; this "Resistance" is probably a proxy force established by the Republic to wage "war" against the New Order outside the New Republic's borders (and give the New Republic a hint of plausible deniability).
Of course, it doesn't help that we have no sense of scale as to how big the galaxy is in Abrams' films, either in the Star Trek reboots and now Star Wars.
Posted by: Thrawn at May 04, 2016 06:53 PM (wQWv4)
Posted by: Donal Logue at May 04, 2016 06:53 PM (rznWS)
I am SO happy he just now caught the first part...
//Admiral James T Kirk Happily Hetero and Crank-Bearing...
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 06:53 PM (g8Hfr)
89 Posted by: Naes at May 04, 2016 06:46 PM (Ypc8j)
Teach Luke?
Shit bro dream big...she is giving Yoda, Obi-Wan, and Qui-Gon after life life lessons.
I wonder what her midichlorine count is. She's soooo special that the Force comes into her (heh) without her prompting to save her ass.
Posted by: Naes at May 04, 2016 06:54 PM (Ypc8j)
Attacks of the Clones has the made-to-order round of applause scene where Yoda proves he's still a total badass by holding off Dooku in their lightsaber battle/force power dick waggling contest.
There's a slightly greater than 101% chance that Luke will have a similar scene in movie #8. Venerable old Jedi considered the most powerful living wielder of the force gets his last moment in the sun.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 06:54 PM (kumBu)
>Lord - it actually makes quite a bit of sense. Wish
>Lucas had gone that route...
Yeah, that would have been interesting. A clumsy and clueless Sith Lord. The more I think about it, the more I think that it would have been absolutely hilarious.
Posted by: Natrium at May 04, 2016 06:54 PM (SVbj1)
Hikaru Sulu: "Oh, really?"
River Tam: "Bitch, please..."
Posted by: Qoheleth at May 04, 2016 06:54 PM (iIzG7)
She's sending out e-mails touting recent negative statements from prominent so-called conservatives. Will Ace's "I don't give a fuck if he gets elected or not" make the cut.
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 04, 2016 06:55 PM (r1fLd)
Posted by: Eiko Klimant at May 04, 2016 06:56 PM (mL2BD)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 06:56 PM (B48dK)
Star Wars, Episode VIII: The Meh Hits Snooze
Posted by: Axeman at May 04, 2016 06:56 PM (2mC6G)
Luckily NOT EXPLAINED AT ALL!
I mean really even given the paucity of plot leshing out in Ep 4 it is the goddamned "Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire" compared to "The Cameo Awakens" on backstory....
whatever...
I went to the flicker palace up in Helena and happily paid for "Premium Seated 3D OF AWESOME!" and got to watch Harrison Ford get sucker punched by Darth Emo of "Whatevs"...
I don't regret it, BUT I won't be exactly moving heaven and Earth for Part Whatever on release
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 06:56 PM (g8Hfr)
Luke will end up fighting...Kylo Ren, his padawan who turned to the dark side of the Force. Where do they get these brilliant ideas?!?
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 06:56 PM (kumBu)
And crash-landed on a golf course, as I recall...
Posted by: Qoheleth at May 04, 2016 06:57 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 04, 2016 06:57 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 04, 2016 06:57 PM (uURQL)
Star Trek: 4, 2, 6, 3, 5, 1.
(Jeez, that looks a lot like the firing order on my CJ-7...)
Posted by: Qoheleth at May 04, 2016 06:46 PM (iIzG7)
SW - 5, 4, 6, 3, 1, 2
ST - 2, 4, 3, 6, 1, 5
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at May 04, 2016 06:58 PM (OR5cC)
The audience shouldn't have to fill those gaps. Abrams was so afraid that a line or two of dialogue about space politics would bore the audience because we're dummies. Hey remember in ANH when Tarkin and the admirals had a brief conversation about the Senate being dissolved and the Emperor taking complete control which provided context? Man, audiences just couldn't sit through that.
Posted by: Naes at May 04, 2016 06:58 PM (Ypc8j)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 06:58 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: Tilikum KAW at May 04, 2016 06:59 PM (m3iiU)
Whatever that means. Unless it's a creepy cabin boy reference, and the captain has had too much grog.
Then...not so much, I guess.
Posted by: Max Power at May 04, 2016 06:59 PM (q177U)
Is that Wyatt Earp after a sex change?
Heh! Nope, a great granddaughter or something.
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 04, 2016 06:59 PM (vZuaP)
Yes 45 seconds to know what the fuck is going on is too big an investment...
//Generation Tippy Cup Going Down on SCIENCE sexually since uh whatevs man
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 07:00 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: jsg at May 04, 2016 07:00 PM (kiIjw)
Posted by: donna at May 04, 2016 07:00 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 04, 2016 07:00 PM (39g3+)
He was smuggling Metamucil.
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 07:01 PM (B48dK)
>>>I have to admit, I liked seeing Yoda throw down against Dooku. Long over due to show what a "master" he was.
Posted by: Tilikum KAW at May 04, 2016 06:59 PM (m3iiU)<<<
God awful that was. Looked like a retarded jumping bean I did.
Posted by: zombie Force ghost Yoda at May 04, 2016 07:01 PM (H9MG5)
Hard not to. There is no particular reason, other than Designated Good Guy, to like the Jedi - they have lost the ability to do the job they were created to do but are hiding the fact from outsiders, are intellectually and philosophically bankrupt, and have no apparent interest in doing anything but upholding a corrupt and unresponsive regime. Sound familiar?
The Sith may not be the good guys, but neither are the Jedi.
Posted by: Grey Fox at May 04, 2016 07:01 PM (bZ7mE)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 07:02 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: Basement Cat at May 04, 2016 07:02 PM (3C9q2)
Star Trek the Star Trek is like Star Trek and Episode 4 had a baby....
I agree it is the most tolerable of the new films BUT it also does not age well on repeat viewings and frankly Deus Ex Machina's the "crew" being together too early...
Chekov is supposed to be ~9 years old.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 07:02 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Auscolpyr at May 04, 2016 07:02 PM (Ht/4p)
Posted by: Tilikum KAW at May 04, 2016 06:59 PM (m3iiU) "
I agree, I quite enjoyed that scene. It was pure fanservice, but it was fun. And it was nice to see Yoda actually *do something* after so many years of being talked up as the "#1 most super duper strong user of The Force."
Plus Dooku was one my favorite characters in the prequels. Christopher Lee is a beast. (Well, was a beast...)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 07:02 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 07:03 PM (rgXmo)
Yeah, He wouldn't need any sort of make-up..
Posted by: donna at May 04, 2016 07:04 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: wooga at May 04, 2016 07:04 PM (2LAuN)
Here is what this is being based on:
"Between 7 p.m. Tuesday evening and noon on Wednesday, the Libertarian Party received 99 new memberships. For the same time period a day earlier, the LP received only 46 new memberships."
Holy Shit! 53 more people that usual got an application for the Libertarian party.
Posted by: Lambo at May 04, 2016 07:04 PM (C6cBW)
SEE?!?!
I AM NOT A COPY I WEAR CHROME!
//Captain Shiny Ass US StormTrooper Corps
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 07:05 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Anakin Kasich at May 04, 2016 07:05 PM (kiIjw)
Posted by: PAX VOBIS, you fat hairy bastards at May 04, 2016 07:05 PM (CUk0C)
Holy Shit! 53 more people that usual got an application for the Libertarian party.
That's like double their voter base.
Posted by: Eiko Klimant at May 04, 2016 07:05 PM (mL2BD)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 07:05 PM (B48dK)
He really wasn't much of a master, given that he was teaching Jedi-kindergarten in the prequels (when he wasn't making wildly inaccurate predictions about the future). He didn't even work with the advanced students.
Posted by: FaCubeItches at May 04, 2016 07:05 PM (rznWS)
LUAP NOR>>>>ELEVENTY!!!!
NOM NOMNOM
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 07:05 PM (g8Hfr)
Cool visual and sound effects. Music was great. Rey is way hot. Good enough for a popcorn flick.
I've watched other movies multiple times and still enjoyed them on subsequent viewings. This is like that, except I just didn't know ahead of time that I'd be rewatching A New Hope.
Posted by: PRNDL at May 04, 2016 07:05 PM (2Ynt1)
Wait till Ace gets to the part where they dispose of her through the trash compactor. That'll bring back fond memories.
Posted by: Qoheleth at May 04, 2016 07:06 PM (iIzG7)
When 865 year you are....
WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!?!?!
I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE AARP FOR 800 YEARS!?!?!
//Yoda, lawn
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 07:07 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: donna at May 04, 2016 07:07 PM (O2RFr)
Andy Warhol already released it back in the 60s (Taylor Meade's Ass)
Posted by: FaCubeItches at May 04, 2016 07:07 PM (rznWS)
Okay sure, maybe he gets more screen time in the next two movies, but they better already have those scenes in the can, because he's liable to croak any day now.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 07:07 PM (kumBu)
the battle which might actually subvert audience expectations. The
Rebels/Resistance are wiped out except for the main characters who desperately escape. Now they
have a reason to find Luke. They present his lightsaber to him as a sign that he needs to come out of exile and fight one last time.
How it's written now hardly makes sense. Somehow returning his lightsaber after a crushing victory is the major emotional beat of the movie? What?
Posted by: Naes at May 04, 2016 07:07 PM (Ypc8j)
Star Trek the Star Trek is like Star Trek and Episode 4 had a baby....
I agree it is the most tolerable of the new films BUT it also does not age well on repeat viewings and frankly Deus Ex Machina's the "crew" being together too early...
Chekov is supposed to be ~9 years old.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 07:02 PM (g8Hfr)
It's the whole "give Kirk a ship at *19* because.....plot" bullshit and wiping away all of the movie and TV canon except for Ur-Spock that makes me despise the Nu-Trek with the heat of a billion suns.
Fuck Abrams with the Barbed Cock of Satan.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at May 04, 2016 07:07 PM (OR5cC)
Posted by: Mortimer at May 04, 2016 07:08 PM (YHTNN)
Also, why is Rea (Rey?) magically a super-fantastic pilot AND mechanic?
And then she magically acquires complete control of her inner force by closing her eyes for 5 freakin seconds?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 04, 2016 07:09 PM (NOIQH)
JJ Abrams has a testicle fetish evidently....
seriously I am sitting there saying....
"there's an orange gonad rolling around on screen....God bless you JJ you made it b/c this makes no fucking sense and it is in."
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 07:09 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Clint Howard at May 04, 2016 07:09 PM (k4M/B)
Lord. The more I think about it, the more I think that it would have
been absolutely hilarious.
Heh. I was thinking that his apparent clumsiness and cluelessness are covers for a devious mind. The problem is that Lucas waaaaaaaay overdid that aspect of Jar Jar (to the point that I am at a loss to see what other aspects of Jar Jar athere might be...)
The theory (which is not mine) starts with looking at all the times that Jar Jar "just happens" to be at the right place and the right time to influence events in the first movie, plus Lucas's statement that the real villain was the last person you'd ever expect. The only real evidence against the theory is Qui-Gon's apparent belief that there are only ever two Sith at any given time. Why we should accept this as true is not apparent, though.
Posted by: Grey Fox at May 04, 2016 07:10 PM (bZ7mE)
I was surprised the SJWs didn't freak out about a "yes means yes" sexual assault. When the ex-stormtrooper is unconscious on the medical bed, and the girl kisses his forehead.
Posted by: Grimaldi at May 04, 2016 07:10 PM (+klU4)
B/C "patriarchy"....B/C "justice"....B/C "Skywalker"
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 07:10 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Auscolpyr at May 04, 2016 07:10 PM (Ht/4p)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 06:56 PM (B48dK)
Perfect!!!
That's funny, right there.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at May 04, 2016 07:10 PM (OR5cC)
Posted by: Milton Berle at May 04, 2016 07:11 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 04, 2016 07:11 PM (hlMPp)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 07:11 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: Caitlin Jenner at May 04, 2016 07:11 PM (rznWS)
I think Kirk is *in theory* ~22 when he gets that first command...
never mind Enterprise was his SECOND command...
b/c "fuck canon"
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 07:12 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 07:12 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: Naes at May 04, 2016 07:13 PM (Ypc8j)
Again proving her awesomeness, Kate Upton says she loves whatshisface "farts and all."
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 04, 2016 07:13 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 04, 2016 07:13 PM (ef6pV)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 07:11 PM (B48dK) "
That seems like a perfect fit, actually. I'm surprised they didn't have him sooner.
Dude aces most of his roles. Everything from Seventh Seal to Minority Report.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 07:13 PM (kumBu)
I don't want to see any scene with Max von Sydow in the can.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 04, 2016 07:13 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Fritz at May 04, 2016 07:13 PM (f40FU)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 07:05 PM (B48dK)
She easily betrays her station and allows a handful of saboteurs to destroy the thing she's supposed to be protecting.
So, grrl power right there.
Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 04, 2016 07:14 PM (uURQL)
So, tomorrow is a big day. UK elections and SpaceX launch. Fingers crossed on both.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 04, 2016 07:15 PM (iQIUe)
They announced a Plinkett review, but knowing them that'll take a year or two.
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at May 04, 2016 07:15 PM (wPrzG)
That, my dear, is called "product tie-in."
Posted by: The Three-Fingered Mouse at May 04, 2016 07:15 PM (8ZskC)
Just picture his King Osric speech from Conan, but with more flatulence.
Posted by: FaCubeItches at May 04, 2016 07:15 PM (rznWS)
Posted by: Naes at May 04, 2016 07:13 PM (Ypc8j)
Suggesting that women are emotionally tuned? Sexist, right there.
Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 04, 2016 07:15 PM (uURQL)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 04, 2016 07:13 PM (8ZskC) "
Hey-o!
The gay Borg have won, Cicero. Resistance is futile.
No but seriously, please don't let him die before they film his scenes.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 07:15 PM (kumBu)
Given Boba Fett was a paper tiger and became "BADASS" because of Fanon you can look for her to be a lot tougher in the new EU...
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 07:16 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 07:16 PM (rgXmo)
Say what you want about the prequels, but just about any still from those movies looks more grandiose and visually arresting than what's in Abram's movie. Lucas knew how to do art direction.
Posted by: Serious Cat at May 04, 2016 07:16 PM (Uy6ri)
Posted by: @votermom at May 04, 2016 07:16 PM (nbrY/)
Except no way is the girl *not* the badass nowadays.
I mean, right off the bat they had her b#tching about Finn grabbing her hand, only minutes later grabbing his hand as she saves him with her unexplained kickass piloting skills. How does a scavenger become a pilot?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 04, 2016 07:17 PM (NOIQH)
I think Kirk is *in theory* ~22 when he gets that first command...
never mind Enterprise was his SECOND command...
b/c "fuck canon"
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 07:12 PM (g8Hfr)
Fuck canon? Fuck *sense*.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at May 04, 2016 07:17 PM (OR5cC)
Posted by: donna at May 04, 2016 07:17 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: BurtTC at May 04, 2016 07:17 PM (Dj0WE)
I am now getting a mental picture of a very long-legged cartoon frog leaping straight up and doing karate kicks. "rrrrrrib-IT!"
Posted by: Grey Fox at May 04, 2016 07:17 PM (bZ7mE)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at May 04, 2016 07:17 PM (J+n2j)
Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at May 04, 2016 07:18 PM (P8951)
All the main characters are children of characters from the original trilogy"
Muppet babies, basically.
Posted by: FaCubeItches at May 04, 2016 07:18 PM (rznWS)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 07:16 PM (rgXmo) "
Let me guess - 7 chicks now?
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 07:18 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: Naes at May 04, 2016 07:19 PM (Ypc8j)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 04, 2016 07:19 PM (qCMvj)
With Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 04, 2016 07:19 PM (NOIQH)
No I meant the original first Star Trek movie from the 80s with bald hotty and V'Ger
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 04, 2016 07:19 PM (39g3+)
Quite....
JJ Abrams showed the breadth and scope of his military knowledge there and actually fed into a destructive narcissism of Gen Tippy Cup...
they think they are entitled to command b/c "justice"
Here's what happens in the real world of the military....
if you God forbid wind up being in command b/c of catastrophe even if you get a Battlefield Promotion to command they *will* send you to finishing school for your new rank....period end of story.
You will NOT get you unit you led in distress back.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 07:20 PM (g8Hfr)
Hey, you can't be James Tiberius Kirk without having at least one starship shot out from under you.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 04, 2016 07:20 PM (8ZskC)
Cinco de Mayo, ese. Quatro?
Posted by: Fritz at May 04, 2016 07:20 PM (f40FU)
Posted by: A dog at May 04, 2016 07:20 PM (rznWS)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 07:20 PM (rgXmo)
What the Hell. Do I need to call my fiancee.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 04, 2016 07:20 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at May 04, 2016 07:21 PM (NuElX)
Posted by: Naes at May 04, 2016 07:21 PM (Ypc8j)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 04, 2016 07:21 PM (k4M/B)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 07:21 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: Qoheleth at May 04, 2016 07:22 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: Lizzy
I'll say it again, my nephew's in that movie! Unless his scenes got cut.
Posted by: Dang at May 04, 2016 07:22 PM (2oWD2)
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 07:16 PM (g8Hfr)
I believe TR-8R has kicked her butt in the Fanon appeal department.
Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 04, 2016 07:22 PM (uURQL)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 04, 2016 07:23 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 04, 2016 07:21 PM (k4M/B) "
And The Exorcist. And Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. And Judge Dredd!!....
Okay, they can't all be winners, but the point is that Max gets work. Consistently.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 07:23 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 04, 2016 07:24 PM (iQIUe)
This explains the "insomnia" we have been hearing about.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 07:24 PM (jJRIy)
Here is what this is being based on:
"Between 7 p.m. Tuesday evening and noon on Wednesday, the Libertarian Party received 99 new memberships. For the same time period a day earlier, the LP received only 46 new memberships."
Holy Shit! 53 more people that usual got an application for the Libertarian party.
Posted by: Lambo at May 04, 2016 07:04 PM (C6cBW)/i]
Preference cascade!
Posted by: rickl at May 04, 2016 07:25 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Dang at May 04, 2016 07:25 PM (2oWD2)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 04, 2016 07:15 PM (iQIUe)
Any particular hopes for the UK elections?
Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 04, 2016 07:26 PM (uURQL)
Killing the emperor and blowing up their toy does not defeat an empire. It makes sense they'd still be fighting.
No, it makes sense that the REPUBLIC (now likely the strongest military in the galaxy) would be fighting the remnants of the Empire-- not some rat-tag nebulous "resistance."
Posted by: Naes at May 04, 2016 07:26 PM (Ypc8j)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 07:21 PM (B48dK)
---------------------
Ooooh, Lord.
They don't make 'em like that anymore.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 04, 2016 07:26 PM (T/5A0)
This explains the "insomnia" we have been hearing about.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 07:24 PM (jJRIy)
The hobos forage and accumulate it from their environment. The Ewok hunts the hobos, collects their pelts, and loots the meth.
All part of the circle of life.
Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 04, 2016 07:27 PM (uURQL)
A long time ago...
in a galaxy far before Siri (oops wrong OS)
Posted by: DaveA at May 04, 2016 07:27 PM (DL2i+)
I sorta feel like Steve McQueen.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 04, 2016 07:27 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 04, 2016 07:26 PM (uURQL)
==========
Zac Goldsmith for Mayor of London. He's running against a muslim Labourite. He has been caught denigrating moderate muslims and socializing with terrorists.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 04, 2016 07:27 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 07:27 PM (rgXmo)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 04, 2016 07:28 PM (qCMvj)
30 minutes in and my nephew was asking when the movie would pick up.
The hype was completely unwarranted.
By the way, just heard over the radio that Hillary is courting disaffected Republican voters. Also, John McCain's aide or something has tweeted that the crusty male hag is for Hillary.
*Insert profanity here*, Hillary and John McCain.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 04, 2016 07:30 PM (LHS8g)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 07:21 PM (B48dK) "
Sure, Yul Brenner is nice and all, but Toshiro Mifune even kicked Charles Bronson's ass. And that guy was still killing skells in Death Wish 17 in an iron lung.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 07:30 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: Serious Cat at May 04, 2016 07:30 PM (Uy6ri)
Does Full v Matinee v RedBox v library checkout affect callback annoyance levels.
And what idiot on the SATA design team decided it didn't need reliable cable clamping $%^*(.
Posted by: DaveA at May 04, 2016 07:31 PM (DL2i+)
I am absolutely not shocked...Trump should campaign for Juan's primary opponent.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 07:31 PM (g8Hfr)
Because they have no technology to allow robots to speak yet... oh wait, yes they do.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 04, 2016 07:31 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 07:33 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 04, 2016 07:30 PM (LHS8g)
One appeal of Trump to me is his enemies.
Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 04, 2016 07:33 PM (uURQL)
30 minutes in and my nephew was asking when the movie would pick up.
The hype was completely unwarranted.
By the way, just heard over the radio that Hillary is courting disaffected Republican voters. Also, John McCain's aide or something has tweeted that the crusty male hag is for Hillary.
*Insert profanity here*, Hillary and John McCain.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 04, 2016 07:30 PM (LHS8g)
These assholes are hell*bent* on making me vote for Trump.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at May 04, 2016 07:33 PM (OR5cC)
Posted by: Eiko Klimant at May 04, 2016 07:33 PM (mL2BD)
Posted by: Fritz at May 04, 2016 07:33 PM (f40FU)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 04, 2016 07:33 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 04, 2016 07:33 PM (39g3+)
Drinking word = garbage.
Posted by: wth at May 04, 2016 07:34 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 07:31 PM (g8Hfr)
I just listened to an interview with her. She didn't mention the presidential race, but I'm not sure she would be a Trump fan.
Speaking of which, oh, apparently Trump just said the minimum wage should be raised to $15, if I heard Levin right. Hillary's going with $12.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 04, 2016 07:34 PM (LHS8g)
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 07:34 PM (e3bId)
So, tomorrow is a big day. UK elections and SpaceX launch. Fingers crossed on both.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 04, 2016 07:15 PM (iQIUe)
I said early this morning that the SpaceX launch was scheduled for the wee hours of Thursday morning, but it has been postponed to 1:21 am EDT on Friday morning due to the weather.
It's sending a Japanese satellite to a geosynchronous orbit, and will attempt to land the first stage on "Of Course I Still Love You" again. However, their press release cautioned that because it will be coming in hot and fast, a successful landing is "unlikely".
The last time they used that kind of language was for the March 4 launch. This is what happened:
https://tinyurl.com/jtvh8kh
Note the Falcon 9-sized hole in the upper left of the steel plate deck, similar to Wile E. Coyote on a cliff face. But it buffed right out, and the same droneship was used for the successful April 8 landing.
Posted by: rickl at May 04, 2016 07:35 PM (sdi6R)
Trump should prove to FSA what whores they are...
"minimum wage should be whatever you want"
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 07:35 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: wth at May 04, 2016 07:34 PM (HgMAr) "
Please no. Me and my liver just signed an armistice.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 07:35 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 04, 2016 07:35 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: Jen the original at May 04, 2016 07:35 PM (391wI)
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 07:36 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 04, 2016 07:36 PM (AfNGb)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby
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I saw something the other day - they're going to reboot "Space Jam."
Seriously, hollywood?
Posted by: Chi at May 04, 2016 07:37 PM (/9QbJ)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 04, 2016 07:37 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 07:37 PM (rgXmo)
Why do I not expect good things?
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 07:37 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: Mike Nifong, smelling a comeback, baby! at May 04, 2016 07:37 PM (rznWS)
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It launches 10:21 pm my time. That is why I said tomorrow.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 04, 2016 07:37 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: wth at May 04, 2016 07:38 PM (HgMAr)
Then we'll have TWO FLAGS up there.
Posted by: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee at May 04, 2016 07:38 PM (8ZskC)
Seriously, hollywood?
Posted by: Chi at May 04, 2016 07:37 PM (/9QbJ) "
Eh, I'm okay with that. I see no problem with remaking a sort-of beloved popcorn flick from ~20 years ago. And LeBron has proven he can act at least as well as MJ.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 07:39 PM (kumBu)
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It launches 10:21 pm my time. That is why I said tomorrow.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 04, 2016 07:37 PM (iQIUe)
Oh, OK. I just wanted to be sure you had heard about the 24 hour postponement.
Posted by: rickl at May 04, 2016 07:39 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: TRUMP at May 04, 2016 07:39 PM (AfNGb)
locations, and dialogue from the first three movies and just swapped
different elements in different scenes.
I see you're familiar with my work.
Posted by: JJ Abrams at May 04, 2016 07:40 PM (TbBAt)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 04, 2016 07:40 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 04, 2016 07:40 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 07:42 PM (rgXmo)
George Lucas's first draft of the original Star Wars script was a conscious lift of Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress.
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 04, 2016 07:42 PM (r1fLd)
It's also curious how Herridge got an exclusive interview with a guy in jail.
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 04, 2016 06:42 PM (r1fLd)
She asked? seeing as how she is the ONLY one in the MSM who seems to be an actual reporter?
Posted by: Don Quixote at May 04, 2016 06:44 PM (qf6WZ)
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That seems to be the case:
>>After first writing to the accused hacker on April 19, Fox News accepted
two collect calls from him, over a seven-day period, before meeting
with him in person at the jail.During these early phone calls, Lazar
was more guarded. After the detention center meeting, Fox News conducted additional
interviews by phone and, with Lazar's permission, recorded them for
broadcast.
Posted by: iforgot at May 04, 2016 07:42 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 04, 2016 07:42 PM (MNgU2)
Posted by: Auscolpyr at May 04, 2016 07:43 PM (Ht/4p)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 07:37 PM (rgXmo)
Yes, they said they plan to send a lander to Mars in 2018. Well, the launch is supposed to be in 2018. It will take several months to get to Mars.
On the other hand, SpaceX has a history of being overly optimistic with their timelines. The next Mars launch window will be in 2020.
Posted by: rickl at May 04, 2016 07:43 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 07:42 PM (rgXmo)
Cape Canaveral launch, sorry.
Posted by: rickl at May 04, 2016 07:44 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 04, 2016 07:34 PM (LHS8g)
I've been a fan of Levin for years, and recently paid for his tv show.
I will not listen or watch until he gets a grip on the Trump derangement syndrome.
Trump is quoted in the Washington Times as saying today that he is open to raising the minimum wage, but he has not decided by how much. He said specifically that he would not tinker with it too much because it would hurt competitiveness.
" What I really want to do is bring back jobs so they are making more than $15 an hour" is what he actually said.
So of course, Levin has probably twisted that into Donald Trump wants to raise the minimum wage to $15. Was he screaming at the top of his lungs while repeating it, or calling a caller an idiot, a dummy, or a moron while hanging up on them?
Posted by: Jen the original at May 04, 2016 07:44 PM (391wI)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 04, 2016 07:44 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: imp at May 04, 2016 07:45 PM (XIXZz)
It's Pizza the Hutt with super extra chese.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 04, 2016 07:46 PM (6hLK2)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 04, 2016 07:42 PM (MNgU2)
Ivanka.
I rest my case.
Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 04, 2016 07:46 PM (uURQL)
Posted by: Auscolpyr at May 04, 2016 07:47 PM (Ht/4p)
So he did Lucas like Lucas would have done Lucas when he was Lucas and not a big fat billionaire gas bag.
So, a remake, but not really a remake.
Posted by: blaster at May 04, 2016 07:47 PM (2Ocf1)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 07:47 PM (rgXmo)
George Lucas's first draft of the original Star Wars script was a conscious lift of Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress.
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 04, 2016 07:42 PM (r1fLd) "
I know it's cinephile heresy, but 7 Samurai isn't even close to my favorite Kurosawa movie. I appreciate its artistry, but I'd much rather watch Yojimbo, or Sanjuro, or Ran, or Kagemusha, or The Bad Sleep Well.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 07:48 PM (kumBu)
I've been a fan of Levin for years, and recently paid for his tv show.
I will not listen or watch until he gets a grip on the Trump derangement syndrome.
Posted by: Jen the original at May 04, 2016 07:44 PM (391wI)
Yes, I've been a fan for years, but he has been unlistenable for the past few weeks.
Apparently he has a son who was working for the Cruz campaign.
Posted by: rickl at May 04, 2016 07:48 PM (sdi6R)
http://goo.gl/3K8s0q
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Eh. It's a bit half ass.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 04, 2016 07:48 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Timon at May 04, 2016 07:48 PM (396pH)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 04, 2016 07:48 PM (EZebt)
This explains so much about what's fucked in our country right now.
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 04, 2016 07:49 PM (r1fLd)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 04, 2016 07:49 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 04, 2016 07:42 PM (MNgU2)
Ivanka.
I rest my case.
Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 04, 2016 07:46 PM (uURQL)
That's spelled "greenbacks".
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at May 04, 2016 07:49 PM (OR5cC)
Posted by: Rhino at May 04, 2016 07:49 PM (51O5T)
Sid Blumenthal has an AOL account? What, was CompuServe too far out on the cutting edge?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 04, 2016 07:49 PM (o98Jz)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 04, 2016 07:49 PM (k4M/B)
Which is interestingly NOT A TERRIBLE THING TO SAY AT ALL.
Sorry, it just isn't. Telling people I want you to make more money is not a bad thing, and its way better than saying I am going to force people to pay you more just because.
Posted by: blaster at May 04, 2016 07:49 PM (2Ocf1)
Nevermind, it's Leia.
Lol.
Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 04, 2016 07:49 PM (uURQL)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 07:51 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 04, 2016 07:49 PM (o98Jz)
He was the last man standing on Prodigy. Now he's using up all those free AOL discs.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 04, 2016 07:51 PM (JO9+V)
On the bright side, Abrams seems to have lost his bowl of Magical Lens Flares.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 04, 2016 07:52 PM (o98Jz)
Posted by: steevy
****
That's just her acting style.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale GO at May 04, 2016 07:52 PM (hVdx9)
Maureen O'Hara was hot.
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 07:34 PM (e3bId)
Yes she was. Funny I watched The Quiet Man today. Wayne and O'Hara classic. Some of the close up of her are breathtaking.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 07:53 PM (jJRIy)
Posted by: Auscolpyr at May 04, 2016 07:47 PM (Ht/4p) "
A rare example of an homage being better than the original. I think Yojimbo was a tad better than Fistful, but of the 5 movies with the "Man With No Name" type character as the lead, the best of them is The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 07:53 PM (kumBu)
Rumor has it he's still using the BOB desktop too.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 04, 2016 07:53 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Auscolpyr at May 04, 2016 07:53 PM (Ht/4p)
Posted by: imp at May 04, 2016 07:53 PM (XIXZz)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 04, 2016 07:54 PM (MNgU2)
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 04, 2016 07:54 PM (fiGNd)
Posted by: Jen the original at May 04, 2016 07:44 PM (391wI)
He actually read the part of the report you quoted verbatim. My recollection may not have been 100%. If I remember, I'll check the podcast later.
And no he wasn't screaming.
How do you feel about Trump being open to raising it when he has earlier stated that doing so would make companies less competitive and be bad for bringing jobs back?
Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 04, 2016 07:54 PM (LHS8g)
I prefer my own method of having shut off my brain while enjoying the 3D experience instead of expecting some monumental new milestone in film. The original STAR WARS wasn't that...it just had cool special effects.
Pity.
Posted by: SGT York at May 04, 2016 07:54 PM (ITvKk)
Ace, you should be watching The Night Manager. The actress is lovely. Tall, but lovely.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 04, 2016 07:54 PM (iQIUe)
She is very sedate...almost clinically.
Her acting in the commercials as a shrink is good.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 07:54 PM (g8Hfr)
I've heard the fanbois gushing over the new Star Wars movie. I have no desire to see it. I'd rather watch Sharknado 4
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 04, 2016 07:54 PM (45oDG)
Holy fuck, it begins. Life imitates SNL:
>>During an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, former Mexican President Vicente Fox apologized Wednesday for the vulgar language he has used regarding GOP frontrunner Donald Trump's proposal to build a wall along the southern border and invited the likely Republican nominee to Mexico to see the border from the other side.
Posted by: iforgot at May 04, 2016 07:54 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: Seattle Slough at May 04, 2016 07:55 PM (mCz8+)
Posted by: Auscolpyr at May 04, 2016 07:53 PM (Ht/4p) "
It's over 9,000!
Wait, sorry, wrong series. Anyway, it's clearly yuuge. She has the best, most luxurious midichlorians. Grrl power and all that.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 07:55 PM (kumBu)
She was a staunch conservative Republican and over time has supported the Presidencies of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George Bush and George W. Bush.
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 07:55 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 04, 2016 07:56 PM (gUoN4)
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 04, 2016 07:56 PM (fiGNd)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 07:56 PM (rgXmo)
http://goo.gl/3K8s0q
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Eh. It's a bit half ass.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 04, 2016 07:48 PM (iQIUe)
Whoa. Wow. Apology content doesn't matter.
Obama did a world apology tour. GOP presidential candidate Trump is already getting foreign leaders apologizing to him.
Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 04, 2016 07:56 PM (uURQL)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 04, 2016 07:54 PM (MNgU2)
They'd better not try to remake it. It would be a travesty. I'd burn the set down around them
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 04, 2016 07:56 PM (45oDG)
I denounce myself.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale GO at May 04, 2016 07:56 PM (hVdx9)
314 260
Maureen O'Hara was hot.
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 07:34 PM (e3bId)
Yes she was. Funny I watched The Quiet Man today. Wayne and O'Hara classic. Some of the close up of her are breathtaking.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 07:53 PM (jJRIy)
I'm a big fan of McLintock!, with the Duke doing a lot of full-on comedy, and O'Hara fiery hot and chewing scenery.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 04, 2016 07:56 PM (o98Jz)
"Seven Samurai: The best Western of all time was Japanese. Go figure.
George Lucas's first draft of the original Star Wars script was a conscious lift of Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress.
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 04, 2016 07:42 PM (r1fLd)
You mean The Magnificent Seven, right? Seven Samurai wasn't a Western, but Mag Seven was based on it.
http://tinyurl.com/nlybvoz
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 07:57 PM (jJRIy)
Just feeling more feisty lately.
Mostly it's that work is no longer crazy busy, at least for now.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 04, 2016 07:57 PM (LHS8g)
If I had to pick one it'd be hard and it'd be Ran.
The plot owes a lot to King Lear, and it's visually spectacular. In her own way, Lady Kaede is one of the most bad ass woman's roles in film.
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 04, 2016 07:58 PM (r1fLd)
George Lucas's first draft of the original Star Wars script was a conscious lift of Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress.
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 04, 2016 07:42 PM (r1fLd)
You mean The Magnificent Seven, right? Seven Samurai wasn't a Western, but Mag Seven was based on it.>>
I think you seriously missed the point.
Posted by: SGT York at May 04, 2016 07:58 PM (ITvKk)
Posted by: Fritz at May 04, 2016 07:58 PM (f40FU)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 07:58 PM (rgXmo)
http://tinyurl.com/nlybvoz
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 07:57 PM (jJRIy) "
I think he's saying that 7 Samurai was basically a Western. Feudal Japan instead of the wild west and katanas instead of guns. Hence why it was so easy to adapt into an actual Western.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 07:59 PM (kumBu)
BTW, I now spell my last name with two P's for a double dose of my pimping!
Posted by: Donald Trumpp at May 04, 2016 07:59 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 07:59 PM (e3bId)
Me too ... but that's going to end in about a week. Our stuff is definitely feast or famine.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 04, 2016 07:59 PM (fiGNd)
I'm a big fan of McLintock!, with the Duke doing a lot of full-on comedy, and O'Hara fiery hot and chewing scenery.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 04, 2016 07:56 PM (o98Jz)
Yeah, the dragging O'Hara scene was stolen completely from The Quiet Man
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 08:00 PM (jJRIy)
Western. Feudal Japan instead of the wild west and katanas instead of
guns. Hence why it was so easy to adapt into an actual Western.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 07:59 PM (kumBu)
Yeah, true dat.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 08:01 PM (jJRIy)
>>>This movie should be called Star Wars: Trump Force.
The only character I like is Chewbacca.<<<
But I have way better hair than Trump, and waaaay yuuuger paws.*
*translated from crazy Wookiee noises.
Posted by: Chewie at May 04, 2016 08:01 PM (H9MG5)
In the meantime... I've been outrageously outraged by the OCWeekly and Gustavo Arellano lately, here's just the latest chapter. I've been really tough on 'em at FB so I imagine it's only a matter of time before they bounce me from their page, but whatever.
"Oh but officer, I HAD to rape 'er!! Her skirt was too short!!!" :-P
http://www.ocweekly.com/news/
cole-bartiromo-bloodied-trump-fan-is-an-
ex-felon-who-wants-all-muslims-dead-
7160092
And here's the tiny URL:
http://tinyurl.com/zcyr4xv
Hope ace and Maet will take note of this, I want to see them tear OCW and Gustavo several new assholes for this bullshit.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:01 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 04, 2016 08:01 PM (gUoN4)
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 04, 2016 07:58 PM (r1fLd) "
Completely agreed. Maybe the biggest bitch in film history, but she's just so fucking good at it you have to admire her in a twisted way.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 08:01 PM (kumBu)
I just got my promotion letter. I got a base pay increase of 6.7%, which was a little disappointing, but then there's a decent bonus potential, which I didn't necessarily have previously.
I'm already paid quite well, but i'm not crazy about <7% base pay increase. Am i being unreasonable? What do you suggest?
Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 04, 2016 08:02 PM (LHS8g)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 04, 2016 07:52 PM (o98Jz)
I think he depleted the world supply in the last Star Trek film.
Posted by: blaster at May 04, 2016 08:02 PM (2Ocf1)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:02 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 08:02 PM (rgXmo)
Posted by: Pepdog at May 04, 2016 08:02 PM (lFdmQ)
Posted by: SGT York at May 04, 2016 07:58 PM (ITvKk)
No, I understand his point. That wasn't my point.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 08:02 PM (jJRIy)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at May 04, 2016 08:03 PM (J3phO)
Celebrate the love, nyub nyub!
Posted by: Ewoks (How could you forget?!) at May 04, 2016 08:03 PM (datdl)
My name is Trinity, Trinity is still my name ring a bell?
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby
Terrence Hill and Bud Spencer movies.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 04, 2016 08:03 PM (k4M/B)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:03 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 08:03 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 04, 2016 08:03 PM (MNgU2)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 04, 2016 08:04 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 07:47 PM (rgXmo)
Here are their YouTube links. You can also watch at www.spacex.com/webcast.
Hosted webcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0bMeDj76ig
Technical webcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lYZLxr3L4E
The hosted webcast features narration, background information, and scenes inside the Hawthorne headquarters. The technical webcast shows just the rocket and audio from Mission Control. I usually watch the technical webcast, then switch to the hosted one after the vehicle is in orbit.
Back when I used to watch the network TV coverage of the Apollo flights, I often wished the reporters would shut up and let me listen in to the chatter of the flight controllers. I think it's very cool that SpaceX offers a choice for the kind of coverage you prefer.
Posted by: rickl at May 04, 2016 08:04 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 08:04 PM (B48dK)
I was joking. Kurosawa was consciously inspired by American Westerns. It's got classic Western themes, including how you need Bad Guys Who Act Good to thwart the Really Bad Guys to get Civilization.
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 04, 2016 08:04 PM (r1fLd)
I've never asked for a raise before.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 04, 2016 08:04 PM (LHS8g)
Posted by: garrett at May 04, 2016 08:05 PM (vhmHt)
Could someone scratch my balls? It's not lady-like for me to do it and, you know, I'm a girl.
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at May 04, 2016 08:03 PM (J3phO)
Me Me, Call on Me!
Posted by: Barney at May 04, 2016 08:05 PM (jJRIy)
Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 04, 2016 08:05 PM (LHS8g)
>>El Dorado or Rio Bravo
It's a trick question.
The answer is The Three Amigos.
Posted by: garrett at May 04, 2016 08:05 PM (vhmHt)
LOL. That's just not right.
Posted by: Barney at May 04, 2016 08:05 PM (jJRIy)
Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 04, 2016 08:02 PM (LHS8g)
Well, everything depends on where you are and what you do, but, in this eighth and final Obama recovery summer, employers have been quite parsimonious with raises, often served with a side of "you're lucky to have a job."
Posted by: blaster at May 04, 2016 08:05 PM (2Ocf1)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:06 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 08:06 PM (jJRIy)
Posted by: Socratease at May 04, 2016 08:06 PM (FqHs5)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 04, 2016 07:48 PM (EZebt)
Umm, Trump simply said he was open to raising it, admitting that it was a different position than the typical Republican. He also said he didn't want to tinker with it much because it would harm competitiveness.
The context of what he was talking about was in whether or not he thought he could win over Bernie voters. Hence the comment about bringing back jobs, so one could make more than $15 an hour.
So how does Levin go from Trump deciding now to be open enough to raising the miminum wage to at least evaluate and study it(what Trump said today) to Trump wants to raise the minimum wage to $15. Or did Chique hear Levin incorrectly?
Posted by: Jen the original at May 04, 2016 08:06 PM (391wI)
Depending on the circumstances, there probably isn't anything wrong with tactfully mentioning that you appreciate the increase but you had been expecting X%. Make sure to do some research on comparable positions to make certain that X% is reasonable and supportable.
However, if there is a line out the door of applicants for the same position, you might just want to get to work.
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 08:06 PM (e3bId)
At the moment, there is no 'other side'.
Posted by: t-bird at May 04, 2016 08:07 PM (J3phO)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 08:07 PM (rgXmo)
Heh! All teh Donald would need to do is begin taxing remittances using his pen and phone, and enforcing immigration laws and Seńor Fox's GDP would plummet. Fuck that arrogant asshat in particular.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 04, 2016 08:07 PM (QDVFm)
The *one* time I had a decent job with halfway decent pay, my co-workers were toxic and one just flat-out hated me. But hey, she was popular with other co-workers so no one would listen to my complaints.
(No, this wasn't the state job with the bogus harassment complaint, but funny enough the job was located *across the street* from that location. I guess I should just never again accept a job in the Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs area.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:07 PM (ntObR)
If it were true it would have to be suppressed. Nothing good may come of testosterone!
Posted by: t-bird at May 04, 2016 08:08 PM (J3phO)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 08:03 PM (B48dK) "
Yes, but a bit more loosely than his other adaptations. Throne of Blood is pretty much a direct copy of Macbeth. The Bad Sleep Well is a Hamlet pastiche, but like Ran, it's only loosely based on the actual story.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 08:08 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: @votermom at May 04, 2016 08:08 PM (nbrY/)
I'm trying to unwind a few things in the Guccifer story.
Fox News says he accessed it "repeatedly" -- but Lazar says he hacked it "like twice." So does "repeatedly" mean two times?
Then this: >>Asked what he would say to those skeptical of his claims, Lazar cited "the evidence you can find in the Guccifer archives as far as I can remember."
I know he posted what sure looked like screenshots of Sid Blumenthal's inbox, but I never heard that "the Guccifer archives" contained stuff he got right off Hillary's server. Was that at 4chan or where? Why isn't that stuff live?
Then this: >>Lazar has hidden two gigabytes of data that is "too hot" and "it is a matter of national security." The Clinton campaign rightly, IMO, resfutes this by saying, "It is unfathomable that he would have gained access to her emails and not leaked them the way he did to his other victims."
Oddly enough by the way, that statement was issued on "Wednesday night," but the last line of the article reads, "There was no immediate response from the Clinton campaign."
???
Posted by: iforgot at May 04, 2016 08:08 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 04, 2016 08:02 PM (LHS8g)
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tell them you KNOW you're getting 77 cents on the dollar. Hillary says so!
Posted by: TRUMP at May 04, 2016 08:09 PM (AfNGb)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 08:01 PM (kumBu)
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MaryTyler Moore in Ordinary People
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 04, 2016 08:10 PM (EZebt)
However, if there is a line out the door of applicants for the same position, you might just want to get to work.
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 08:06 PM (e3bId)
Thanks. Unfortunately, my job is such that it's not easy to do that research. Most people haven't even heard of the type of work I do.
I'm pretty sure they won't fire me, though. We don't have enough people and it's hard to find good people.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 04, 2016 08:10 PM (LHS8g)
I'd suggest taking their money, the title, and always keeping your options open.
Look chique - any company I've ever worked for always cost me money on my hourly rate, in the long run, with a promotion. Because every company ALWAYS thinks the extra they're going to get out of you is more than the extra they're going to pay.
But - if you're interested in climbing that ladder - use this move to better you. If you don't feel this move is better for you ... smile while you make other plans.
Did you ask for this - or was it forced on you ?
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 04, 2016 08:11 PM (fiGNd)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 08:11 PM (rgXmo)
You're working, in this economy ? Count your blessings.
My nickels worth, don't mean to sound harsh ....
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 04, 2016 08:11 PM (gUoN4)
Piper Laurie as Carrie White's mom. I once got in trouble in a college film class for cheering, LOUDLY, when she gets her comeuppance, watching that film.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:11 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 04, 2016 08:11 PM (fiGNd)
That doesn't make evolutionary sense. Everyone knows lying will get you into a girl's pants quicker than telling the truth.
Posted by: Socratease at May 04, 2016 08:12 PM (FqHs5)
More pointedly, it contained State Dept business related emails from that server that were NOT contained in the emails that Hillary turned over voluntarily.
Posted by: blaster at May 04, 2016 08:12 PM (2Ocf1)
Depends on your industry, but it's above inflation, so there's that. Congratulations. Enjoy it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 04, 2016 08:12 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 08:08 PM (kumBu)
***
That scene where the wife disappears into a dark room and returns with the spiked sake...
the way her kimono sort of squeaks as she walks....
terrifyingly good.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 04, 2016 08:12 PM (lutOX)
Close but no cigar. Nurse Ratchet is the biggest bitch in cinema history.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 04, 2016 08:13 PM (MNgU2)
Piper Laurie as Carrie White's mom. I once got in trouble in a college film class for cheering, LOUDLY, when she gets her comeuppance, watching that film.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:11 PM (ntObR) "
Other contenders:
Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched.
Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary People.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 08:13 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 08:13 PM (e3bId)
Donald is flooding the auditorium in blood; Hillary's waiting at home with her knife, laughing crazily.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:13 PM (ntObR)
Completely agreed. Maybe the biggest bitch in film
history, but she's just so fucking good at it you have to admire her in a
twisted way.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 08:01 PM (kumBu)
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MaryTyler Moore in Ordinary People
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 04, 2016 08:10 PM (EZebt)
Don't forget about me!
Posted by: Sherry Palmer in 24 Season 1 at May 04, 2016 08:13 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 04, 2016 08:13 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 04, 2016 07:54 PM (LHS8g)
I'll be happy when Trump is not being questioned every sixteen minutes on policy questions that he has not studied or has much background information on , but feels he has to answer. Trump is not good at dodging questions, because he is not a seasoned politician. Those worms have dodging and non answers as an art form, something Trump is not good at.
Hence, the reason he has walked back his comments. At least he is willing to walk them back.
Unlike idiot Democrats, he at least realizes that when you raise the minimum wage, you make it harder for small businesses to compete. You make it harder to compete with China and other foreign depressed wage countries. Unlike Bernie and Hillary, he didn't say that raising the minimum wage to $15 was the human thing to do, or the moral thing to do, or worse, would make everyone richer and would spur growth.
Posted by: Jen the original at May 04, 2016 08:14 PM (391wI)
Posted by: SGT York at May 04, 2016 07:58 PM (ITvKk)
No, I understand his point. That wasn't my point.>>
You didn't get his point if you corrected him. Seven Samurai is a western. Kurasawa was inspired by American western films and made several (Yojimbo, for instance). Correcting him means you failed to see that he already understood Seven Samurai was Japanese... it's a Japanese western.
Posted by: SGT York at May 04, 2016 08:14 PM (ITvKk)
Somehow, whenever the kids played our video of The Parent Trap (1961,) Mr. DeVille would actually pay attention to it. Heh.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 04, 2016 08:14 PM (T/5A0)
Gee, who else does that sound like?
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:14 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 08:07 PM (rgXmo)
In the sidebars of the YouTube links I provided, you can watch hosted and technical webcasts from previous flights to get an idea what to expect.
Posted by: rickl at May 04, 2016 08:14 PM (sdi6R)
Yes ace and Vader toyed with him.Even Anakin who had much more training than Luke in Empire got handled with ease by Dooku.
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 08:14 PM (B48dK)
Don't want to give too much away but the Lady Kaede character in Ran is a willful schemer of the first order, who literally laughs at death, and to me the most bad ass female character in film. And she's a bitch.
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 04, 2016 08:15 PM (r1fLd)
The Denial Deniers must be silenced!
Hey--wanna buy some Honesty Offsets?
Posted by: Al Gore, Climate $haria Imam at May 04, 2016 08:15 PM (Ndje9)
Did you ask for this - or was it forced on you ?
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 04, 2016 08:11 PM (fiGNd)
My new boss thought it was time and I agreed. I love my job and my company, no complaints there. And thankfully I've managed to be immune to the bad economy because not many people do what I do.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 04, 2016 08:15 PM (LHS8g)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 04, 2016 08:13 PM (MNgU2)
I'll second that motion. Hearing no objection the motion passes unanimously, and the motion to recall is laid on the table.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 08:16 PM (jJRIy)
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after botching teen annkin, couldn't believe they had that pussy looking dude as big bad
Posted by: TRUMP at May 04, 2016 08:16 PM (AfNGb)
Luke couldn't do until he had been practicing with the Force for a whole
movie (and several years).>>
Nope. In EMPIRE when Luke Force Pulled the saber to him, he'd had no training in doing this. He intuited it. Luke had no further Jedi training after Kenobi was killed until he got to Degobah.
Posted by: SGT York at May 04, 2016 08:16 PM (ITvKk)
I haven't yet but already, Judy Dench looks like she's up there as a pretty horrific bitch.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:16 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: t-bird at May 04, 2016 08:16 PM (J3phO)
(Link removed and put in signature)
Driver enlisted right after 9/11 and was a "81mm mortar man assigned to the weapons platoon with 1st Battalion, 1st Marines."
Whether this qualifies him to be "a menace" on film I leave to other's judgement. Personally, he's my favorite part of the movie.
Posted by: Hammer BT at May 04, 2016 08:17 PM (y0xhc)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 04, 2016 08:11 PM (gUoN4
You didn't sound harsh at all. I.appreciate your perspective.
I do have an opportunity to make a large bonus so I can just work towards that.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 04, 2016 08:17 PM (LHS8g)
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If I were in charge of the next movie, in a brilliant plot twist it would be revealed that all these innate abilities are because Rey has a cybernetic implant. She's a Terminator Jedi.
Posted by: @votermom at May 04, 2016 08:17 PM (nbrY/)
Then if the move suits you ... I wouldn't complain about almost 7%. But if your time and stress goes up by 25% ... you're doing it wrong. Or the chair is wrong for you.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 04, 2016 08:18 PM (fiGNd)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 08:18 PM (rgXmo)
Here is a link to The Quiet Man Trivia. O'Hara did not have a double for the dragging scene and she was dragged through sheep shit that Wayne and Ford had put on the set.
http://tinyurl.com/h3tbncu
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 08:19 PM (jJRIy)
Posted by: Jen the original at May 04, 2016 08:06 PM (391wI)
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Levin's point was that Trump's position has changed since the campaign began, and that indicates lack of a sound or stable philosophical basis for his position.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 04, 2016 08:19 PM (EZebt)
brilliant plot twist it would be revealed that all these innate
abilities are because Rey has a cybernetic implant. She's a Terminator
Jedi.
Posted by: @votermom at May 04, 2016 08:17 PM (nbrY/)
And a second, inner jaw that extends. Oh, and her blood is acid when she bleeds.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 04, 2016 08:19 PM (JO9+V)
the way her kimono sort of squeaks as she walks....
terrifyingly good.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 04, 2016 08:12 PM (lutOX) "
Agreed, it was a rip-off, but a damn good rip-off. The final arrow scene still gives me goosebumps.
Those were real arrows, by the way. The arrowheads were replaced with something akin to phonograph needles (according to the prop guy), and Mifune had wooden boards under his armor to absorb the arrow blows. And the arrows were traveling along thin wires to make sure they hit their marks. Still, a pretty intense way to film a scene like that. Gotta imagine it was easy for Mifune to look terrified.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 08:19 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 08:13 PM (e3bId)
Thanks, Weasel, I'll have to see if I can find out what reasonable pay is.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 04, 2016 08:19 PM (LHS8g)
Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary People.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 08:13 PM (kumBu)
*****
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
Glynn Close, Fatal Attraction
Posted by: Tim in GA at May 04, 2016 08:20 PM (YLidQ)
Posted by: SgtBob at May 04, 2016 08:20 PM (OhZks)
Wow, two days in a row.
Posted by: SGT York at May 04, 2016 08:20 PM (ITvKk)
Posted by: Palerider at May 04, 2016 08:21 PM (dkExz)
Most satisfying scene EVAH when she finally gets her bullets at the very end of that flick.
Bet that movie has sold a *lot* of guns.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:21 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: t-bird at May 04, 2016 08:16 PM (J3phO)
LOL. I am a lowly scientist (not your traditional lab scientist, though.)
Thanks, everyone, for your input. It's been really valuable.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 04, 2016 08:21 PM (LHS8g)
The White Supremacists must love this movie. "It's the movie that proves Hitler wasn't so bad after all!"
Ah, the reason I read this blog.
Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 04, 2016 08:22 PM (uURQL)
Good luck!
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 08:22 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 04, 2016 08:23 PM (kTF2Z)
https://justgetflux.com/
Now that the sun has set, it has changed my screen to a warmer color. This is supposed to help prevent insomnia caused by bright blue/white light in the evening. At bedtime it changes again to a pronounced orange color.
Posted by: rickl at May 04, 2016 08:23 PM (sdi6R)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD51cdLbZJc
Posted by: SGT York at May 04, 2016 08:24 PM (ITvKk)
Yes, but Dub Yu and Bay Nur foolishly frittered away their victory over the course of sixteen years.
Posted by: Pete in TX at May 04, 2016 08:24 PM (2RBkF)
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 07:59 PM (e3bId)
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Mostly yes and technically no. The Waltons was based on the memoirs of Earl Hamner, who also wrote the autobiographical novel, Spencer's Mountain. So it all emanated from the same source material and there was a lot of overlap.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 04, 2016 08:24 PM (T/5A0)
It's Skellig Michael, an island just off the Ring of Kerry in Ireland that was the site of a monastery that dates back to 500 AD or so. Best thing in the movie, and no CGI
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 04, 2016 08:24 PM (r1fLd)
--
And that was his best pick-up line too.
Posted by: @votermom at May 04, 2016 08:25 PM (nbrY/)
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 08:26 PM (e3bId)
There are lots of reasons why a person would not lie on a dice rolling game like this, not the least of which is "who really gives a shit?" Not really sure how that can be linked to testosterone levels.
Plus the difference in the testosterone levels between the two populations was tiny. Less than 1 ng per mL.
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 08:26 PM (dpnZC)
Posted by: ace at May 04, 2016 08:27 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: Tim in GA at May 04, 2016 08:20 PM (YLidQ)
Oh, I forgot about her. Motion to move from the table the motion to recall is passed unanimously.
The floor is open for debate on the question to recall the motion that Nurse Ratchet was the worse bitch in the movies.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 08:27 PM (jJRIy)
It was a metaphor for the threat of the AIDS epidemic hitting the straight population and was a big hit in the US.
It had a different ending that they kept in some foreign markets like Japan but which they changed for the US. You'll recall that, near the end, the Michael Douglas character handles a kitchen knife in the Glenn Close character's kitchen. In the alt ending, she puts a cloth around the knife and stabs herself and her unborn baby, perfectly framing the MD character for her murder. In the US version Glenn Close goes batshit crazy at the end and gets killed by MD's wife in self-defense. Cue MD and wife and their happy reconciliation.
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 04, 2016 08:27 PM (r1fLd)
stated that doing so would make companies less competitive and be bad
for bringing jobs back?"
yeah about that (saw an earlier thread). he was specifically asked about donations for post primary cycle (after stating he is self funded, etc.) and he said he has not made up his mind yet about the general. so for primary- self funded, general- donations. i believe it was on fox. or cnn.
Posted by: runner at May 04, 2016 08:27 PM (c6/9Q)
- Jen
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Ugh. I have purposely avoided any and all of these discussions for months now, but, I can't ignore this.
Really? The prospective POTUS shouldn't be questioned about policy?
Because he's not prepared yet? I just can't even...
Posted by: Chi at May 04, 2016 08:27 PM (/9QbJ)
sucked
Posted by: ace at May 04, 2016 08:27 PM (dciA+)
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Shortest Ace movie review ever.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 04, 2016 08:28 PM (kTF2Z)
Bob's Burgers is on . Back to back. Kind of sad that I look forward to this everyday.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 04, 2016 08:28 PM (MNgU2)
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 04, 2016 08:15 PM (r1fLd) "
And she does it without ever raising a weapon to anybody. She's a coldblooded manipulative fox. Makes Lady Macbeth look like a clumsy prom date trying to goad her boyfriend into slugging the quarterback with promises of a sad over the pants handjob.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 08:28 PM (kumBu)
Really? The prospective POTUS shouldn't be questioned about policy?
Because he's not prepared yet? I just can't even...
Posted by: Chi at May 04, 2016 08:27 PM (/9QbJ)
Oh c'mon Chi you know the drill.
If a candidate is asked policy questions, it's clearly a "gotcha question" by a "liberal reporter" that is out of bounds. Much better to talk about the candidate's dick size instead.
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 08:29 PM (dpnZC)
I think Trump said he'd be open to an increase but nowhere like $15.
Now you can say that's heresy, but that's one less issue that Hillary can demagogue him with. Capeche?
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 04, 2016 08:30 PM (r1fLd)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 08:30 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: SGT York at May 04, 2016 08:30 PM (ITvKk)
Get with the program.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 04, 2016 08:31 PM (MNgU2)
Posted by: tu3031 at May 04, 2016 08:31 PM (qJhUV)
Shortest Ace movie review ever.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 04, 2016 08:28 PM (kTF2Z)
True. Has to be a sock?
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 08:31 PM (jJRIy)
Posted by: akward davies at May 04, 2016 08:32 PM (7Awbj)
While showing a whale video and Judge Napolitano going on and on about the singing communication used by humpback whales, they started playing the London Boys.
So which moron is Kennedy's producer? You owe Ace a royalty payment.
Posted by: MTF at May 04, 2016 08:32 PM (/m8T6)
Posted by: runner at May 04, 2016 08:32 PM (c6/9Q)
2015: Princess Leia talks like a man. Bruce Jenner talks like a woman.
Posted by: CrustyB at May 04, 2016 08:33 PM (Hnglq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:33 PM (ntObR)
Again, this movie is like Training Schmaining. People just instantly become Jedi Adepts.
Yes ace and Vader toyed with him.Even Anakin who had much more training than Luke in Empire got handled with ease by Dooku.
Surely you've heard about our military services degrading fitness requirements in order to get womyn into combat roles? Well, here you have it!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 08:33 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: blaster at May 04, 2016 08:34 PM (2Ocf1)
Posted by: FaCubeItches at May 04, 2016 08:34 PM (rznWS)
Posted by: tu3031 at May 04, 2016 08:31 PM (qJhUV)
***
Madame has moments of melancholy.....
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 04, 2016 08:34 PM (lutOX)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:34 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 08:35 PM (jJRIy)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 04, 2016 08:35 PM (JO9+V)
The floor is open for debate on the question to recall the motion that Nurse Ratchet was the worse bitch in the movies.
Posted by: Nip Sip
****
The bitch gets my vote.
Posted by: The Bunny at May 04, 2016 08:35 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 08:36 PM (jJRIy)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:33 PM (ntObR)
***
She was the greatest. You wouldn't know - you're too young.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 04, 2016 08:37 PM (lutOX)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 07:58 PM (rgXmo)
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You forgot the lesser known sequel : You Might Have Thought I Changed It, But No, My Name Is Still Trinity.
Posted by: Axeman at May 04, 2016 08:37 PM (2mC6G)
I'm glad to at last see someone who agrees with me on that awful movie.
Posted by: iforgot at May 04, 2016 08:38 PM (5o5ek)
sucked
Posted by: ace at May 04, 2016 08:27 PM (dciA+)
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Shortest Ace movie review ever.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 04, 2016 08:28 PM (kTF2Z)
And perhaps the most accurate.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 04, 2016 08:38 PM (LHS8g)
himself. What seems like contradictions, flip flops or exaggerations
are just people misinterpreting what he really said. That or they have
Trump derangement syndrome.
Get with the program.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 04, 2016 08:31 PM
To complete your post,
Hillary! has never said anything wrong or contradicted
herself. What seems like contradictions, flip flops or exaggerations
are just people misinterpreting what she really said. That or they are part of The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.
Vote for x, else y, and no right-thinking person could possibly want that!
Posted by: The Oligarchical UniParty at May 04, 2016 08:39 PM (OF/aZ)
Great, great flick. Not saying she was misunderstood.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:39 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 08:39 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: AD at May 04, 2016 08:39 PM (zRYoX)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:40 PM (ntObR)
And she did that whole sneak a peek thing under the table.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 04, 2016 08:40 PM (QDVFm)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of equal or greater value at May 04, 2016 08:40 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Cecil B. DeMille at May 04, 2016 08:40 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at May 04, 2016 08:41 PM (+eR2D)
- Scarlet Street
- Sunset Boulevard
- Little Murders
- Where's Poppa
...and others...
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:41 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 04, 2016 08:42 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Seems legit at May 04, 2016 08:42 PM (U+nHb)
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pfft
Posted by: The Bad Seed at May 04, 2016 08:42 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: The Bunny at May 04, 2016 08:42 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 08:43 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at May 04, 2016 08:43 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 08:43 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: willy at May 04, 2016 08:43 PM (Ffw22)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:44 PM (ntObR)
She boiled me alive! The bitch boiled me alive (breaks down sobbing).
Posted by: The Bunny at May 04, 2016 08:42 PM (hVdx9)
Wait, so you are really the Zombie Bunny?
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 08:44 PM (jJRIy)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:44 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: The Bunny at May 04, 2016 08:44 PM (hVdx9)
Hillary blows Jabba; because, resistance
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at May 04, 2016 08:44 PM (Z/X+D)
"I AM big!! It's America that got small!!!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:45 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 08:43 PM (B48dK)
***
That's what makes the whole film such a tragedy - Norma Desmond wasn't evil, and yet....
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 04, 2016 08:46 PM (lutOX)
Posted by: Deb at May 04, 2016 08:46 PM (3vEgg)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of equal or greater value at May 04, 2016 08:46 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 08:46 PM (B48dK)
Is that rayciss?
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at May 04, 2016 08:46 PM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: Draki at May 04, 2016 08:46 PM (F6/Mp)
More racism means more iron!!
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:47 PM (ntObR)
The Queen of Psycho-Bitches!
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 04, 2016 08:47 PM (T/5A0)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 08:47 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: george lucas at May 04, 2016 08:48 PM (EWg9n)
More racism means more iron!!
Posted by: qdpsteve
More like lead. Don't eat off that plate.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 04, 2016 08:48 PM (hVdx9)
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John, I'm your father..a mailman!
Posted by: willy at May 04, 2016 08:48 PM (Ffw22)
Hillary as Norma Desmond, Huma as William Holden, Bubba as the butler...
Posted by: tu3031 at May 04, 2016 08:48 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:48 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 08:48 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:49 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: exdem13 at May 04, 2016 08:49 PM (ry4ab)
Posted by: Eddie Baby at May 04, 2016 08:49 PM (uo5hQ)
Darth Emo attacks Luke Oldwalker when Luke tells him to "get over it, you pussy." Darth Emo rebuilds Planet Goatse and Its Giant Anus Planetkiller of Doom and rebuilds the NaziEmo troops to again attempt to take down the rebels. Darth Emo cries and tantrums some more.
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at May 04, 2016 08:49 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 04, 2016 08:49 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:45 PM (ntObR) "
Shit, now you're tempting me to campaign for Trump. I can absolutely see that happening.
"You see, this is my life! It always will be! Nothing else! Just us, the media, and those wonderful voters out there in the dark! Alright, Ms. Abedin, I'm ready for my close-up."
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 08:49 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: Alf767 at May 04, 2016 08:49 PM (YVQAa)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 04, 2016 08:49 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: fightwinger at May 04, 2016 08:50 PM (1awJn)
Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction.
*and, sorry to add to the T discussion bleeding into this thread. Won't happen again (I hope)
Posted by: Chi at May 04, 2016 08:50 PM (/9QbJ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:50 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at May 04, 2016 08:50 PM (tEDMc)
Soooo... no new Ghostbusters?
There is no "new" Ghostbusters, just as there is no Godfather III.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 08:51 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: Axeman at May 04, 2016 08:51 PM (2mC6G)
Posted by: meh at May 04, 2016 08:51 PM (bGLSw)
The first time I saw Psycho, I thought the scariest scene was... when we finally get to actually met Mrs. Bates, near the end.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:51 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 08:51 PM (e3bId)
ISIS is so jealous.
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Yep, Socialism has reduced a supposedly modern country to Medieval banditry.
Posted by: exdem13 at May 04, 2016 08:51 PM (ry4ab)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of equal or greater value at May 04, 2016 08:52 PM (rwI+c)
Hey Ana! How's it feel attacking gay men for speaking out? Is it worth the 30 pieces?
Posted by: MTF at May 04, 2016 08:52 PM (/m8T6)
511 I kinda like Bette Davis in "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?"
Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 08:52 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:53 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: lindafell de spair at May 04, 2016 08:53 PM (xVgrA)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 08:54 PM (B48dK)
13 I won't watch Star Wars or any other movie that starts up with this gender shit.
I'm sick of it.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at May 04, 2016 06:30 PM (eHpnh)
Soooo... no new Ghostbusters?
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The next Ghostbusters movie is now officially DOA. Instead of being a "new Ghostbusters" movie, it is a "SJW-approved Ghost-Chastising Women" movie.
Posted by: exdem13 at May 04, 2016 08:54 PM (ry4ab)
I like that novel, it's one of the few King novels I've actually read... but at the same time it pisses me off as King himself has basically admitted, it was meant as a giant middle finger to his fans.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:55 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:51 PM (ntObR) "
My favorite part is the ending, with Virginia Gregg's voiceover played over the shot of Anthony Perkins.
"They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, 'Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly.'"
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 08:55 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: ace at May 04, 2016 08:55 PM (dciA+)
Posted by: MTF at May 04, 2016 08:56 PM (/m8T6)
Posted by: GalosGann at May 04, 2016 08:56 PM (WzpqQ)
Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 08:52 PM (BK3ZS)
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Oooh. Good one.
Big key for both Davis and Stanwyck --- crisp diction and the ability to cock one eyebrow. Yes, indeed. Cold.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 04, 2016 08:56 PM (T/5A0)
Most people remember him as the good dad in My Three Sons, but in the movies he played some real pricks.
Posted by: tu3031 at May 04, 2016 08:56 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: steevy
****
Totally understandable. I had a woman seduce me with an anklet. She made a rather suggestive comment towards me about it getting caught on her ear. Things went from there...
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 04, 2016 08:56 PM (hVdx9)
Jabba's love interest?
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:56 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: bathtubby at May 04, 2016 08:57 PM (MzS1P)
The dissolve with Norma's skull overlaying Norman's face is a nice touch.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at May 04, 2016 08:57 PM (tEDMc)
Why does the Rocketeer always forget her skirt when she flies???
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:57 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Anachronda at May 04, 2016 08:57 PM (Oi5b2)
Posted by: The Bunny at May 04, 2016 08:44 PM (hVdx9)
So you were just "par boiled" and missed out on the trip to the oven?
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 08:57 PM (jJRIy)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 08:58 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: starlord at May 04, 2016 08:58 PM (CSLqZ)
Do I need to check the Urban Dictionary for "social circle"?
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of equal or greater value at May 04, 2016 08:58 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at May 04, 2016 08:58 PM (tEDMc)
Posted by: bathtubby at May 04, 2016 08:58 PM (MzS1P)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 04, 2016 08:59 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Andy at May 04, 2016 08:59 PM (CrGZr)
He was high on painkillers.
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of equal or greater value at May 04, 2016 08:59 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:59 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Nip Sip
****
Stunt double. He had cancer and had always wanted to be in the movies so...
Posted by: The Bunny at May 04, 2016 08:59 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at May 04, 2016 08:58 PM (tEDMc) "
Holy shit, it is. I never noticed that.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 08:59 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 08:58 PM
Not true. Have you not seen The Star Wars Holiday Special? Greatest of all Star wars installments.
Posted by: otho at May 04, 2016 09:00 PM (EWg9n)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 09:00 PM (B48dK)
>>El Dorado or Rio Bravo
It's a trick question.
The answer is The Three Amigos.
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This, 100%.
Posted by: exdem13 at May 04, 2016 09:01 PM (ry4ab)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 09:02 PM (B48dK)
Same with Burl Ives, everyone thinks jolly Rudolf snowman but he played a real sonofabitch in quite a few movies---The Big Country is a good example.
"I told you I'd shoot....but you wouldn't believe me!"
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at May 04, 2016 09:02 PM (tEDMc)
Here we go...
Even though yes, it's partly responsible for the crazy stuff we see today... I still think Tootsie is a great flick.
"Yew macho shithead!!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 09:03 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at May 04, 2016 09:04 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: rickl at May 04, 2016 09:04 PM (sdi6R)
Most people remember him as the good dad in My Three Sons, but in the movies he played some real pricks.
Fred as the ship's doctor in The Caine Mutiny was a total prick.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 09:05 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 09:05 PM (B48dK)
simply the stupidest movie ever.
Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at May 04, 2016 09:05 PM (cfswg)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 04, 2016 09:06 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: zombie Beetlejuice at May 04, 2016 09:06 PM (OF/aZ)
Jabba's love interest?
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 08:56 PM (ntObR)
Threadwinner.
Posted by: rickl at May 04, 2016 09:06 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Campbell's Gay F*cking Soup at May 04, 2016 09:06 PM (YHTNN)
Watch something you know you're going to hate and bitch about it endlessly.
Seriously, I believe this is the new norm in film criticism. I don't know that I could define exactly *why*, but it's everywhere now.
There was a trend to talk about "the art," but no one cared, and then "the causes," but no one cared, but you get everybody fired up if you just unremittingly trash something.
*Almost* makes me want to see the likely dumpster fire of the new Ghostbusters movie, just to see if the overwhelming majority of hostile critics were actually wrong. I mean, probably not, but still.
Because I saw "The Force Awakens," and while it was flawed, it wasn't what I see described here, which is a flaming dumpster clown boner.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 04, 2016 09:06 PM (wB8Tg)
Here we go...
Even though yes, it's partly responsible for the crazy stuff we see today... I still think Tootsie is a great flick.
"Yew macho shithead!!"
Posted by: qdpsteve
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Aaand we have found one future buyer of the SI issue with Caitlyn on the cover...
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 04, 2016 09:06 PM (hVdx9)
How about Patty McCormick in the Bad Seed? She was a leetle bitch.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 04, 2016 09:07 PM (iQIUe)
Ewoks will only watch movies about other hairy anthropomorphic creatures, like wookies. Why didn't any wookies win Oscars this year?
Posted by: angela urkel at May 04, 2016 09:07 PM (4m41+)
And the collected recordings of Barry Manilow.
Posted by: Brother Cavil at May 04, 2016 09:07 PM (D0J8L)
"The Womyn Who Would Be Queen"
"The Woman Who Shamed Liberty Valance"
Posted by: wooga at May 04, 2016 09:08 PM (2LAuN)
Posted by: Mooch at May 04, 2016 09:08 PM (YHTNN)
Posted by: tu3031 at May 04, 2016 09:08 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 09:08 PM (BK3ZS)
What bugged me (and a lot bugged me) was a few scenes after Han dies,
there's Chewie in the Millenium Falcon with a new band of heroes he's
known for 5 minutes, yucking it up. WTF! He and Han were partners for
50 years and he's already moved on. Bullshit.
Posted by: bathtubby at May 04, 2016 08:57 PM (MzS1P)
Leia didnt seem properly busted up either but she was so botoxed she could barely speak. i liked how bill Whittle described her reaction at Hans death as "like she got a bigger than expected cell phone bill"
Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at May 04, 2016 09:08 PM (cfswg)
Posted by: freaked at May 04, 2016 09:08 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 09:09 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 09:09 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 09:09 PM (B48dK) fnord (B48dK)
I can't understand how people get mouth-frothingly invested in food tastes or sports teams, either.
Alien that I am.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 04, 2016 09:11 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: The Formerly Serious Candidate known as Jeb! at May 04, 2016 09:11 PM (OF/aZ)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 09:11 PM (BK3ZS)
I give it 4 flaming clown boners (that's bad).
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 04, 2016 09:12 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 09:12 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: freaked at May 04, 2016 09:13 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 04, 2016 09:06 PM (wB8Tg)
I.thought it was a soulless black hole of mediocrity. My nephew did to. Halfway through the movie, we were still waiting for it to get exciting.
I suspect a lot of people liked it because of the nostalgia aspect. I have movie amnesia like a week after watching one, so I don't remember much about the original movies.
But even I got excited when Han Solo, Leia, R2D2, C3PO and Chewie appeared. And I also liked the last thing.
The only stuff I liked was stuff I remembered from my childhood.
YMMV.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 04, 2016 09:13 PM (LHS8g)
I've heard Ana Marie Cox's actual social circle is about as wide as Ted Cruz's.
Do I need to check the Urban Dictionary for "social circle"?
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of equal or greater value at May 04, 2016 08:58 PM (rwI+c)
I heard she became a big Christian and lost all her "asshole" friends.
No seriously.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 09:13 PM (jJRIy)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 09:14 PM (BK3ZS)
The next one is the true test.
Posted by: eman at May 04, 2016 09:14 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Brian Dennehy at May 04, 2016 09:15 PM (fiGNd)
This movie makes me pine for the fjords
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 09:11 PM
Now there is a movie filled with birches.
Posted by: Duncanthrax the Bellicose at May 04, 2016 09:15 PM (OF/aZ)
Jeb! coulda fixed it.
Posted by: The Formerly Serious Candidate known as Jeb! at May 04, 2016 09:11 PM (OF/aZ)
If he had just passed out the $200 mill he pissed away in two dollar bills, he would have gotten 100 million votes.
Idiot.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 09:15 PM (jJRIy)
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Not so sure. I saw the movie when it came out, and she was the worst villainess in the world. Then I saw the movie a few weeks ago on tv, and i was rooting for HER.
The inmates were getting on my nerves. I guess I'm just old and bitter.
Posted by: stace at May 04, 2016 09:15 PM (ozZau)
That was one atrocious movie.
I got excited, then so let down throughout, and no feelings other than I wanted to get u and leave.
Truly sick piece of crap. Ebert would have loved it.
Garbage.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz The Main Dude My Man Esq at May 04, 2016 09:15 PM (ijIy6)
Chique ... I don't want to sound creepy ...
... but that was beautiful. Thank you.
Posted by: Brian Dennehy at May 04, 2016 09:16 PM (fiGNd)
Posted by: @votermom at May 04, 2016 09:17 PM (nbrY/)
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 04, 2016 09:17 PM (fiGNd)
Star Trek - destroyed
Disney - All gay
Ghostbuster - Grrrlz
on and on
Rebooted, remade , gutted , fileted , bled and ruined then tossed in a ditch to rot.
Almost as if someone is intentionally going back into my formative years and crushing every thing that delighted me in my youth.
Almost..
Posted by: Mortimer at May 04, 2016 09:17 PM (YHTNN)
You fucking nerds only hated the prequels because you're unable to appreciate my nuanced storytelling and characters.
Posted by: george lucas at May 04, 2016 09:17 PM (EWg9n)
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at May 04, 2016 09:17 PM (FtrY1)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 09:18 PM (B48dK)
Title is misleading. Makes it sound like a rom-com.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leave_Her_to_Heaven
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 04, 2016 09:19 PM (iQIUe)
Hey Nip, is there any chance I could get you to send me one of those Nixon bumper stickers you found?
This would be a great year to drive around with one.
Posted by: Blano at May 04, 2016 09:19 PM (NHQQx)
Posted by: george lucas at May 04, 2016 09:17 PM
Tell us about it.
Posted by: King Barack I at May 04, 2016 09:20 PM (OF/aZ)
When, oh when, will a movie studio put forth their idea for a series of movies set in the Captain Kangaroo universe?
The Banana Man installment would be disturbing.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 09:20 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: MTF at May 04, 2016 09:20 PM (/m8T6)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 09:20 PM (rgXmo)
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 09:20 PM (e3bId)
615 You left out The Terminator and the Alien franchise.And soon,Ridley Scott will destroy Blade Runner.
Posted by: steevy
yeah, I am intentionally forgetting. I think that is why God makes old people forget.
I am ready to be old now.
Posted by: Mortimer at May 04, 2016 09:21 PM (YHTNN)
Posted by: Eiko Klimant at May 04, 2016 09:21 PM (iynDC)
Posted by: Dr Spank at May 04, 2016 09:21 PM (TJCSB)
Posted by: Weasel
****
I just ordered a barrel vice. No money for you Hollywood.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 04, 2016 09:21 PM (hVdx9)
http://www.dumpaday.com/
wp-content/uploads/2016/04
/teamwork-10.jpg
Posted by: DaveA at May 04, 2016 09:21 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at May 04, 2016 09:22 PM (QlLpF)
618 615 You left out The Terminator and the Alien franchise.And soon,Ridley Scott will destroy Blade Runner.
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 09:18 PM (B48dK)
Blade Runner II: The Musical
Posted by: eman at May 04, 2016 09:23 PM (MQEz6)
When, oh when, will a movie studio put forth their idea for a series of movies set in the Captain Kangaroo universe?
Oh no not those f'n ping pong balls again. I'm the one who has to pick those damn things up.
Posted by: zombie Mr Green Jeans at May 04, 2016 09:23 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 04, 2016 09:23 PM (iQIUe)
What movies will they make when everyone born before 1980 is dead and buried?
They will stitch together Facebook selfie videos so that they can watch themselves for eternity.
Posted by: Mortimer at May 04, 2016 09:23 PM (YHTNN)
I have a new scope delivering tomorrow and a trip to the range planned this weekend to zero the scope and fire form the brass I've been working on.
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 09:24 PM (e3bId)
Just fucking tell me: Is Elizabeth Keen Reddington's daughter? Is she still alive? Is her mother? This whole mess is getting hard to follow.
Posted by: MTF at May 04, 2016 09:24 PM (/m8T6)
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 09:24 PM (5p18q)
615 You left out The Terminator and the Alien franchise.And soon,Ridley Scott will destroy Blade Runner.
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Peter Jackson did a fine job of wrecking the Middle Earth franchise as well.
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Posted by: Spiny Norman at May 04, 2016 09:25 PM (T+2Uk)
They'll suck, that's for sure.
Hollywood couldn't shit another Outlaw Josie Wales, The Hustler, Cool Hand Luke, or even History of the World or Blazing Saddles if their lives depended on it.
Hell ... they couldn't so another Thomas Crowne Affair remake. The Presidio ? Forget about it.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 04, 2016 09:25 PM (fiGNd)
Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 04, 2016 09:25 PM (LHS8g)
she was the worst villainess in the world. Then I saw the movie a few
weeks ago on tv, and i was rooting for HER.
The inmates were getting on my nerves. I guess I'm just old and bitter.
Posted by: stace at May 04, 2016 09:15 PM (ozZau)
I'll put you down as a no vote. Do you have a substitute motion you would like to propose?
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 09:25 PM (jJRIy)
Except for McCoy.
They should just do a few McCoy movies.
Let him kill people and get laid.
Posted by: eman at May 04, 2016 09:26 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 09:26 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 09:27 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: chemjeff
If I didn't know any better I'd say you are a bit of a contrarian. Do you have any family from Contraria?
Posted by: zombie Mr Green Jeans at May 04, 2016 09:27 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Jennie "867-5309" Chenkin at May 04, 2016 09:27 PM (OF/aZ)
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They'll probably butcher everything we loved.
I swear, I will come back from the grave if they ruin The Sandlot, Princess Bride, Raising Arizona, and many others.
Posted by: Chi at May 04, 2016 09:27 PM (/9QbJ)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 09:27 PM (B48dK)
Let him kill people and get laid.
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and educate all of us on his favorite single malts. I envision long soliloquies on scotch.
Posted by: MTF at May 04, 2016 09:28 PM (/m8T6)
This would be a great year to drive around with one.
Posted by: Blano at May 04, 2016 09:19 PM (NHQQx)
Going to keep the last four I have in case some asshole rips the one on my car off. Sorry.
I also found two Goldwater stickers, but they were not in any condition to put on my car. Something tells me the gold water in my can of Goldwater is not drinkable.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 09:29 PM (jJRIy)
Posted by: Brunnhilde at May 04, 2016 09:29 PM (P5esK)
Posted by: Weasel
****
Well, I have two Garands and a 1903a3 to finish.
Nice. So what scope and rifle? (apologies for forgetting the stuff you've told me. I have had a few concussions)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 04, 2016 09:29 PM (hVdx9)
I'm not a fan, so I wasn't personally offended.
The only part that bothered me was at the end when not-Leia and not-Darth have a swordfight. If either of them wins the plot is resolved and you don't have sequel material...
so the earth LITERALLY opens up and separates the antagonists.
That's sequel service.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 04, 2016 09:29 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: Mortimer at May 04, 2016 09:29 PM (YHTNN)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 09:29 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 09:24 PM (5p18q
I will pretend this didn't just happen.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 04, 2016 09:29 PM (LHS8g)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 09:29 PM (rgXmo)
Posted by: rickl at May 04, 2016 09:04 PM (sdi6R)
That character was ruthlessly evil and Lansbury was very good in the role
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 04, 2016 09:30 PM (45oDG)
I wonder what that word means. Is it a reference to straight males? She doesn't like straight males?
Posted by: MTF at May 04, 2016 09:30 PM (/m8T6)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at May 04, 2016 09:30 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: OffendedMan at May 04, 2016 09:31 PM (P/8kS)
They'll suck, that's for sure.
Hollywood couldn't shit another Outlaw Josie Wales, The Hustler, Cool Hand Luke, or even History of the World or Blazing Saddles if their lives depended on it.
Hell ... they couldn't so another Thomas Crowne Affair remake. The Presidio ? Forget about it.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 04, 2016 09:25 PM (fiGNd)
All movies will be filmed using clones and animatronic/CGI Tom Cruises, young Clint Eastwoods, and Harrison Fords. All plots will revolve around a combination of Star-something, spy-something, super-something, and Titanic.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at May 04, 2016 09:32 PM (QlLpF)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at May 04, 2016 09:32 PM (tEDMc)
He's a doctor, a Starfleet Officer, grumpy, funny, compassionate, can and will kick your ass if you piss him off, divorced, loves the ladies, likes music and good food, will toss back drinks hangin wid his homies, is a loyal friend, and he hates assholes.
You could write ten great movies around this guy.
Posted by: eman at May 04, 2016 09:33 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 09:24 PM
The new movie just needed the Lucas touch. Why did they reject my favourite scene from the treatment I wrote? It was set in a space laundry. Super funny cranky CGI alien named Chopp Soowee says "No tickee, no washee". The kids would have have loved it.
Posted by: george lucas at May 04, 2016 09:34 PM (EWg9n)
The original was chillingly great. The garden party scene pure genius.
Liev Schreiber was the only compelling character in the remake.
Posted by: huh? at May 04, 2016 09:34 PM (CRXed)
Posted by: Josephistan at May 04, 2016 09:34 PM (7qAYi)
...
Serial Mom? But I was kind of rooting for her too. Everyone knows that people who wear white shoes after labor day deserve to die.
Posted by: stace at May 04, 2016 09:35 PM (ozZau)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 04, 2016 09:35 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Yo! Da, ILM Wraps at May 04, 2016 09:35 PM (m5xM0)
From Stacy McCain's post about Triggly Puff's social circle...
"cisheteropatriarchal" is a valid word now? Hello, big Scrabble scores!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 09:36 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 04, 2016 09:36 PM (voOPb)
Ugh. Dude, I was having dinner.
Posted by: OffendedMan at May 04, 2016 09:31 PM (P/8kS)
That was a palate cleanser compared to the previous post about the upcoming special issue of Sports Illustrated
Posted by: Josephistan at May 04, 2016 09:36 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 09:24 PM (5p18q)
You really are a professional contrarian.
Posted by: HTL at May 04, 2016 09:36 PM (gVyJ+)
657 638 I actually didn't mind the prequels so much.
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 09:24 PM (5p18q
I will pretend this didn't just happen.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 04, 2016 09:29 PM (LHS8g)
Maybe an intervention is needed.
Posted by: eman at May 04, 2016 09:36 PM (MQEz6)
New scope is made by Nightforce - it's their 15-55x52mm Competition model - going onto my long range match gun, a 6.5-284. The Nightforce people are great - I shoot with several of them.
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 09:36 PM (e3bId)
Bullshit. I call bullshit.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 04, 2016 09:37 PM (fiGNd)
Posted by: stace at May 04, 2016 09:35 PM (ozZau) "
Heh, yeah, Serial Mom was kinda campy and fun.
Craziest guy in film is pretty easy for me - Jack Torrance.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 09:37 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: eman at May 04, 2016 09:33 PM (MQEz6)
Bones was my favorite character.
Posted by: stace at May 04, 2016 09:37 PM (ozZau)
What movies will they make when everyone born before 1980 is dead and buried?
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They'll probably butcher everything we loved.
I swear, I will come back from the grave if they ruin The Sandlot, Princess Bride, Raising Arizona, and many others.
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Those movies will not be remade. They and all other early films will be shitcanned for being politically incorrect because (reasons). Instead we will get SJW-approved narratives made according to the SJW Guidelines of 2020. And Disney princess/chase the dream movies, because those actually make $$$.
Posted by: exdem13 at May 04, 2016 09:37 PM (ry4ab)
Posted by: Josephistan at May 04, 2016 09:37 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 09:38 PM (B48dK)
Bullshit. I call bullshit.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 04, 2016 09:37 PM (fiGNd) "
Cuz grrl power. Rei/Rey/Ray/GirlLuke is the bestest Jedi EVAH. Midichlorian count off the charts.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 09:38 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 09:38 PM (ntObR)
Not so sure. I saw the movie when it came out, and she was the worst villainess in the world. Then I saw the movie a few weeks ago on tv, and i was rooting for HER.
The inmates were getting on my nerves. I guess I'm just old and bitter.
Posted by: stace at May 04, 2016 09:15 PM (ozZau)
Heh. I remember having a similar feeling after a repeat viewing.
Posted by: rickl at May 04, 2016 09:39 PM (sdi6R)
Given the age of the original SW actors, they should have called it "The Force Awakens... three or four times a night to use the bathroom"
Said it before and I'll say it again: Indiana Jones and the Rhinestone-Encrusted Bedpan will be a thing. Mark my words.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 09:39 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: Ted at May 04, 2016 09:39 PM (C8Sga)
Posted by: Harun at May 04, 2016 09:39 PM (dZQh7)
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 09:24 PM (5p18q)
You really are a professional contrarian.
Posted by: HTL at May 04, 2016 09:36 PM (gVyJ+)
*****
"Look at Me! Address me! Engage me!"
Yep. You nailed it.
Posted by: Tim in GA at May 04, 2016 09:39 PM (YLidQ)
Personally, I always favored "The Force Awakens, Then Rolls Over and Hits the Snooze Button."
Posted by: Il Padrino at May 04, 2016 09:40 PM (TasoZ)
Posted by: Gushka can haz kittys what plays fetch! at May 04, 2016 09:05 PM (cfswg)
Don't hold back, Gushie!
Posted by: Hrothgar at May 04, 2016 09:40 PM (wYnyS)
Damn ... now THAT'S a good call.
First beer at the MoMee on my tab.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 04, 2016 09:40 PM (fiGNd)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 09:41 PM (ntObR)
687
Given the age of the original SW actors, they should have called it "The Force Awakens... three or four times a night to use the bathroom"
Said it before and I'll say it again: Indiana Jones and the Rhinestone-Encrusted Bedpan will be a thing. Mark my words.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 09:39 PM (BK3ZS)
"Bingo, Dr. Jones. You see, I win again."
Posted by: eman at May 04, 2016 09:41 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: tmitsss at May 04, 2016 09:41 PM (sUvQQ)
Posted by: Josephistan at May 04, 2016 09:41 PM (7qAYi)
Yep. You nailed it.
Posted by: Tim in GA at May 04, 2016 09:39 PM (YLidQ) "
I liked the prequels too. Nerds hating the prequels is just virtue signalling. "Look at me! I respect the consensus! Accept me!"
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 09:41 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: HTL at May 04, 2016 09:36 PM (gVyJ+)
Well I am a bit of a contrarian, but I try to be an honest one.
Sure, Jar Jar was ridiculous. And I did not like the medicalization of The Force. I thought that significantly reduced what it was supposed to represent, this mystical God-like presence in the universe. But the story was more or less entertaining.
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 09:42 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: Weasel
****
You'll be able to tell the gender of a fly at 300 yards from the sounds of it.
A lot of guys I saw at the matches had either Nightforce or Leupold. Top quality stuff. Congrats.
Ah yes, the 6.5-284. I remember you telling me that now. I looked at that caliber but decided I couldn't afford the multiple barrels it would eat. Top shelf precision carries a price. More power to those who can swing it.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 04, 2016 09:42 PM (hVdx9)
Spider vampires from Mars. No Marsthra. And it's not spiders it's moths! Giant mechanical moths. With fairies. Wait no not fairies hobbits. Really tall hobbits. With lasers. That hasn't been done right?
Posted by: zombie Mr Green Jeans at May 04, 2016 09:42 PM (BO/km)
If I ever get the urge to watch the movie, I'll simply search for and re-read your undoubtedly far more entertaining live-blog of it instead ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 04, 2016 09:43 PM (a6Ff7)
698 ""Look at Me! Address me! Engage me!"
Yep. You nailed it.
Posted by: Tim in GA at May 04, 2016 09:39 PM (YLidQ) "
I liked the prequels too. Nerds hating the prequels is just virtue signalling. "Look at me! I respect the consensus! Accept me!"
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 09:41 PM (kumBu)
Which Jar-Jar scene was the most rivetting?
Posted by: eman at May 04, 2016 09:43 PM (MQEz6)
694
nip, no kidding re Ana Marie Cox???
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 09:41 PM (ntObR)
Yep. I guess all that anal made her see God?
http://tinyurl.com/op5ur25
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 09:43 PM (jJRIy)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 04, 2016 09:30 PM (45oDG)
Poor Lansbury was always unattractive. I'm surprised she was the star she was.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 04, 2016 09:43 PM (MNgU2)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 09:43 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 09:43 PM (5p18q)
Bullshit. I call bullshit.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 04, 2016 09:37 PM (fiGNd) "
Cuz grrl power. Rei/Rey/Ray/GirlLuke is the bestest Jedi EVAH. Midichlorian count off the charts.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 09:38 PM (kumBu)
It's a trap!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 04, 2016 09:44 PM (m5xM0)
I can honestly say I've never looked through such an optic. That has to be a hell of a thing.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 04, 2016 09:44 PM (fiGNd)
Posted by: qdpsteve
****
No judging. No judging.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 04, 2016 09:45 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: eman at May 04, 2016 09:43 PM (MQEz6) "
Yes, because the original three didn't have any stupid sideshow acts like Ewoks or the Cantina. I'm tired of people acting like the original trilogy represents fine cinema.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 09:45 PM (kumBu)
""Look at Me! Address me! Engage me!"
Yep. You nailed it.
Posted by: Tim in GA at May 04, 2016 09:39 PM (YLidQ) "
I
liked the prequels too. Nerds hating the prequels is just virtue
signalling. "Look at me! I respect the consensus! Accept me!"
------------
Ninja please. I hated the prequels before it was cool. About 3 days after seeing "Attack of the Clones" to be exact. The hate really set in when Tartovsky's 5-minute cartoon shorts started playing on cable, and they had more of the classic Star Wars vibe than both (later all three) prequels together.
Posted by: exdem13 at May 04, 2016 09:45 PM (ry4ab)
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 09:43 PM (5p18q)
******
Observation and conclusions. Same as any other evening.
Posted by: Tim in GA at May 04, 2016 09:46 PM (YLidQ)
Posted by: ScoggDog
****
That's what I was thinking.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 04, 2016 09:46 PM (hVdx9)
How about vampires? They haven't made any movies about vampires, right?
Posted by: Josephistan
Vampire Zombie Trannies. In space.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 04, 2016 09:46 PM (k4M/B)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 04, 2016 09:30 PM (45oDG)
Poor Lansbury was always unattractive. I'm surprised she was the star she was.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 04, 2016 09:43 PM (MNgU2)
She was 3 years older than Laurence Harvey, yet was able to believably play his mother.
Posted by: Josephistan at May 04, 2016 09:46 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: zombie Mr Green Jeans at May 04, 2016 09:46 PM (BO/km)
"The only thing he menaces is Lena Dunham's dirty sexpit" has me chuckling as I read this and brush my teeth.
Posted by: Defenestratus at May 04, 2016 09:46 PM (ew7rf)
Posted by: HTL at May 04, 2016 09:36 PM (gVyJ+)
Well I am a bit of a contrarian, but I try to be an honest one.
Sure, Jar Jar was ridiculous. And I did not like the medicalization of The Force. I thought that significantly reduced what it was supposed to represent, this mystical God-like presence in the universe. But the story was more or less entertaining.
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 09:42 PM (5p18q)
BUT WHO WAS TRADE DISPUTE!?
Posted by: CHEMFREDO PHONE at May 04, 2016 09:47 PM (m5xM0)
711 "Which Jar-Jar scene was the most rivetting?
Posted by: eman at May 04, 2016 09:43 PM (MQEz6) "
Yes, because the original three didn't have any stupid sideshow acts like Ewoks or the Cantina. I'm tired of people acting like the original trilogy represents fine cinema.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 09:45 PM (kumBu)
Heh. Dude, chill, I'm just messing with you. The prequels did have some good things in them, but otherwise they stunk. YMMV.
The first three SW movies were not great, except Empire. The just were what they were and when they were.
Posted by: eman at May 04, 2016 09:47 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 09:47 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: exdem13 at May 04, 2016 09:45 PM (ry4ab) "
That's fine. I liked the prequels before it was verboten, so we're both on the bleeding edge.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 09:47 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: Insomniac at May 04, 2016 09:48 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 09:48 PM (rgXmo)
Posted by: zombie Mr Green Jeans at May 04, 2016 09:49 PM (BO/km)
No shit. How does eye relief work on something like that ?
I've never shot anything better than my 4x16. Can't imagine an optic like that.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 04, 2016 09:49 PM (fiGNd)
Posted by: Tim in GA at May 04, 2016 09:46 PM (YLidQ)
Look I get it, you hate me. Do you really think that gives you license to trash me every time I decide to comment on something?
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 09:49 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 09:49 PM (B48dK)
Spider vampires from Mars. No Marsthra. And it's not spiders it's moths! Giant mechanical moths. With fairies. Wait no not fairies hobbits. Really tall hobbits. With lasers. That hasn't been done right?
Posted by: zombie Mr Green Jeans at May 04, 2016 09:42 PM (BO/km)
Will Farrell as a vampire trying to make it in the advertising industry.
Adam Sandler as a vampire whose goofy identical human step-brother keeps showing up and ruining every ritual bloodletting.
Charleze Theron and two other hot 40-something vampires live in New York and exchange witty banter about their sexual misadventures.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at May 04, 2016 09:49 PM (QlLpF)
I saw a poster today for something entitled, Titanic, The Musical
Da fuq?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 09:43 PM (BK3ZS)
Yes, there was a Broadway musical. I never saw it.
Posted by: rickl at May 04, 2016 09:50 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Josephistan at May 04, 2016 09:50 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at May 04, 2016 09:50 PM (tEDMc)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 04, 2016 09:50 PM (iQIUe)
The first three SW movies were not great, except Empire. The just were what they were and when they were.
Posted by: eman at May 04, 2016 09:47 PM (MQEz6)
Empire certainly was the best of the lot. I do wish they had all been of that vein. But I don't know how that is even possible.
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 09:51 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 09:51 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: Brunnhilde at May 04, 2016 09:51 PM (P5esK)
The first three SW movies were not great, except Empire. The just were what they were and when they were.
Posted by: eman at May 04, 2016 09:47 PM (MQEz6) "
I know, I'm just firing back in good fun. And I know that movies don't have to be fine art to be beloved - I have no problem with the Star Wars trilogy being an American cultural icon. And for the record, I do like Empire and Jedi more than the prequels - I just like a couple of the prequels more than A New Hope. And way more than Force Awakens.
And you're right about the Clone Wars, that's a good series.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 09:51 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 04, 2016 09:50 PM (iQIUe)
Stupider than the NFL Draft for unproven talent...
Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack at May 04, 2016 09:51 PM (m5xM0)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 09:51 PM (BK3ZS)
OK then. I actually enjoyed the movie, largely for the nostalgia aspects
and the various homages made to Episode IV. Yes, a great deal of it was
recycled, but the point was to reset the franchise after Lucas screwed
the pooch with Episodes I - III.
Posted by: Insomniac at May 04, 2016 09:48 PM (0mRoj)
i was sick when i saw it....fell asleep before it started and woke up mid way........it wasn't the best, but it wasn't the worst......carrie fischer and harrison ford totally phoned in their performances and their son was such a pussy.....
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 04, 2016 09:51 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: zombie Mr Green Jeans at May 04, 2016 09:42 PM (BO/km)
Ziggy played guitar..
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 04, 2016 09:52 PM (45oDG)
Beer is a better reason to celebrate than a victory over the French. I mean, who hasn't defeated the French.
Posted by: no good deed at May 04, 2016 09:52 PM (GgxVX)
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 09:49 PM (5p18q)
*****
I was agreeing with another commenter, and not even talking directly to you. Chill out, Contra guy.
Posted by: Tim in GA at May 04, 2016 09:52 PM (YLidQ)
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 09:52 PM (e3bId)
They lay it out clearly that the "amazing" theory is that cultures which grew potatoes could not support an advanced society through taxes, while societies that grew grains could pay their taxes and support assholes like the idiots that get tax money to put together papers trying to correlate root crops to slow advancement of society.
It bothers me because these are the same dirt bags that would never ever correlate Christianity to scientific discovery, prosperity, ethics, liberty, etc. No never. that was all a coincidence. But that potato -- that was the reason Africa never built great cities. Pay no attention to all the parasites. I swear, it must be professional courtesy that causes them to ignore the parasites.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at May 04, 2016 09:52 PM (LWu6U)
Posted by: rickl at May 04, 2016 09:52 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Weasel
****
I don't blame you for being enthused.
A sponsor too? I am officially jealous of you now.
You get to do what you love and someone helps pay for some of it. Seriously, congratulations. Happy for you.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 04, 2016 09:52 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Insomniac at May 04, 2016 09:48 PM
Scewed the pooch, did I? I got 2 words for you, smart guy... Toy sales. I sleep on a giant pile of cash from those. You fucking nerds just don't get it.
Posted by: george lucas at May 04, 2016 09:52 PM (EWg9n)
Obama.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 04, 2016 09:52 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 09:53 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 04, 2016 09:53 PM (MNgU2)
>>>Poor Lansbury was always unattractive.
Never seen Gaslight, eh?
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living
Or The Picture of Dorian Gray
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 04, 2016 09:53 PM (k4M/B)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 09:48 PM (rgXmo) "
Victory at the Battle of Puebla. And a victory by Corona's marketing department.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 09:53 PM (kumBu)
Thanks for writing this, I was thinking a couple of days ago that I really wanted someone to thoroughly hate on this movie.
Posted by: .87c at May 04, 2016 09:53 PM (APdPY)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 09:54 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: zombie Mr Green Jeans at May 04, 2016 09:54 PM (BO/km)
"Which Jar-Jar scene was the most rivetting?
Posted by: eman at May 04, 2016 09:43 PM (MQEz6) "
Yes,
because the original three didn't have any stupid sideshow acts like
Ewoks or the Cantina. I'm tired of people acting like the original
trilogy represents fine cinema.
-------------
The original trilogy was fun cinema, and therefore fine cinema. They were unpretentious action adventure movies with heroes, villains, kewl spaceships, charmingly ugly aliens, and enough imagination and daring to make us want more and incidentally make George Lucas rich enough to get a divorce and STILL be richer than the entire Roman Empire.
The best thing Disney did after paying Lucas to STFU and go away was to hunt down some people of my generation who grew up loving the movies and say "do it like that". That's what we of the former Kenner toy collections wanted in the prequels, and did not receive. Now we have something that we like again...even if we choose not so say so on this thread.
Posted by: exdem13 at May 04, 2016 09:54 PM (ry4ab)
Can't disagree with you there.
Posted by: Insomniac at May 04, 2016 09:54 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: no good deed at May 04, 2016 09:54 PM (GgxVX)
>>>Poor Lansbury was always unattractive.
Never seen Gaslight, eh?
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living
Or The Picture of Dorian Gray
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 04, 2016 09:53 PM (k4M/B)
I guess we have different tastes . Sort of like people who think Amy Schumer is cute.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 04, 2016 09:55 PM (MNgU2)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 09:55 PM (B48dK)
I'm watching MST3K "Time Chasers" in anticipation of tomorrow night's RiffTrax Live event.
Posted by: Josephistan at May 04, 2016 09:55 PM (7qAYi)
751 So Avengers Civil War is actually another anti-Bush film? Or just anti-government?
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 04, 2016 09:53 PM (MNgU2)
I have no interest in seeing it.
Posted by: eman at May 04, 2016 09:55 PM (MQEz6)
No, you made a drive-by passive-aggressive swipe at me. Even on a movie thread you can't help it. Sheesh.
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 09:55 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: no good deed at May 04, 2016 09:52 PM (GgxVX)
Do they celebrate the Fourth of July in Mexico? Just wondering why anyone cares or wants to celebrate this day in America.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 04, 2016 09:55 PM (45oDG)
Da fuq?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
****
Yeah, it happened, but it went under pretty quick
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 04, 2016 09:55 PM (hVdx9)
724 Free drinks for anyone who can tell me what Cinco de Mayo really celebrates. Clue: It's not beer.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 09:48 PM (rgXmo)
Mexicans defeating the French in some battle. Surrender Monkeys' Thunderdome by any other name...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 09:56 PM (BK3ZS)
Free drinks for anyone who can tell me what Cinco de Mayo really celebrates. Clue: It's not beer.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 09:48 PM (rgXmo)
I didn't google it up, but wasn't it some Mexican battle victory? It's not their independence day.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 09:56 PM (jJRIy)
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 04, 2016 09:56 PM (fiGNd)
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 09:56 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: Ride on the Trump train! at May 04, 2016 09:57 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Sven10077 at May 04, 2016 09:57 PM (T0djb)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 09:54 PM (B48dK)
It could have been a great concept - both sides had valid arguments, but yeah, it was just Bush hate.
Posted by: Josephistan at May 04, 2016 09:58 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 09:55 PM (5p18q)
***
As I said, I was agreeing with another comment. I then added my own example. Do with this what you will. The fact that you are so butthurt says much.
Posted by: Tim in GA at May 04, 2016 09:58 PM (YLidQ)
Posted by: @votermom at May 04, 2016 09:58 PM (nbrY/)
Do they celebrate the Fourth of July in Mexico? Just wondering why anyone cares or wants to celebrate this day in America.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 04, 2016 09:55 PM (45oDG)
Actually I spent a summer in Buenos Aires and they had 4th of July parties.
Same in England, which I thought very strange.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 09:58 PM (jJRIy)
766 I saw a poster today for something entitled, Titanic, The Musical
Da fuq?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
****
Yeah, it happened, but it went under pretty quick
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 04, 2016 09:55 PM (hVdx9)
It got a pretty icy reception.
Posted by: eman at May 04, 2016 09:58 PM (MQEz6)
Do they celebrate the Fourth of July in Mexico? Just wondering why anyone cares or wants to celebrate this day in America.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 04, 2016 09:55 PM (45oDG)
It's a beer promotion day, THAT is why we celebrate it, excuse to get drunk.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 09:59 PM (jJRIy)
Posted by: Jayne Cobb's Cap-cunning! at May 04, 2016 09:59 PM (8B5X3)
It's not "butthurt", it is calling out your classless behavior.
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 09:59 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 09:59 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 04, 2016 09:59 PM (fiGNd)
I thought the prequels were fun. Yes, there were bad parts - Hayden Christiansen can't act, Jar Jar was an inane product of Lucas's stupid merchandising fetish, there was a good bit of ham-fisted dialogue - but there were a lot of enjoyable parts too.
And for every Christiansen or Jake Lloyd, there were also some good actors - Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Lee, and of course Samuel L. Jackson hamming it up to the max.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 09:59 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 09:55 PM (B48dK)
It was a good idea at the time
Posted by: Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico at May 04, 2016 09:59 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Ride on the Trump train! at May 04, 2016 10:00 PM (BO/km)
I watched the original Star Wars over 30 times on the big screen (no
streaming service then) and I did not see The Force Awakens as a ripoff.
After the travesty of the prequels, I was just happy to see
anything that did not involve trade wars and Jar Jar Binks
Posted by: Jayne Cobb's Cap-cunning! at May 04, 2016 09:59 PM (8B5X3)
Sorry man, Force Awakens is a pretty blatant ripoff, all the way down to the cantina scene, Ace is right on this score
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 10:00 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 10:00 PM (B48dK)
Teen Anakin was just as emo as his grandson.
Posted by: @votermom at May 04, 2016 10:00 PM (nbrY/)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at May 04, 2016 10:00 PM (dBmVV)
Man, did I hate her. She was so casually evil. Imelda Staunton did a great job portraying the character.
Posted by: no good deed at May 04, 2016 10:00 PM (GgxVX)
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 09:59 PM (5p18q)
*****
Have a lovely evening, Sport.
Posted by: Tim in GA at May 04, 2016 10:01 PM (YLidQ)
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 10:01 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at May 04, 2016 10:01 PM (tEDMc)
But none of them were like Empire. I've always thought that was a good movie - could stand on it's own.
My two cents.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 04, 2016 10:01 PM (fiGNd)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 04, 2016 09:55 PM (hVdx9)
It got a pretty icy reception.
Posted by: eman
****
They should have seen it coming.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 04, 2016 10:02 PM (hVdx9)
Man, did I hate her. She was so casually evil. Imelda Staunton did a great job portraying the character.
Posted by: no good deed at May 04, 2016 10:00 PM (GgxVX)
Oh yes indeed. I cheered when Fred and George basically gave her the finger and flew out of Hogwarts for good.
Posted by: Insomniac at May 04, 2016 10:02 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Luke Jenner at May 04, 2016 10:02 PM (Dwehj)
It's not "butthurt", it is calling out your classless behavior.
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 09:59 PM (5p18q)
*****
Have a lovely evening, Sport.
Posted by: Tim in GA at May 04, 2016 10:01 PM (YLidQ)
Wait, what did I miss?
Flame war? OK!
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 10:02 PM (jJRIy)
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 09:53 PM (5p18q)
I thought they followed closely to the book because the producer's option to make the movie was running out and they needed a script so they just started writing right from the book.
I couldn't find the article I read 5 years ago where the producer or screenwriter talked about it. Oh! But it looks like the producer does have a writing credit as well on IMDB so, I think my gist is pretty close.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480239/
and this
http://hustlebear.com/2011/02/28/im-so-relieved-the-atlas-shrugged-movie-was-fantastic/
"As the rumor goes, the option on the film rights to Atlas Shrugged were expiring in June of last year, 2010. Last April, John Aglialoro, the producer who held the option on the film rights, begged for the rights to be extended, but was denied. He had 2 months at that point to start production or lose the millions he already invested in the project over the years. That meant he had 2 months (!) to get a new script together, get the financing together, get the available cast together, choose a director, find film locations, and all that other stuff, while attempting to faithfully and successfully adapt a deep complex legendary novel onto the screen."
Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack at May 04, 2016 10:02 PM (m5xM0)
Posted by: @votermom at May 04, 2016 10:00 PM (nbrY/) "
I certainly won't argue that Hayden Christiansen was god awful. Anakin is just not a compelling character at all, which obviously sucks since Darth Vader was a very compelling character.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 10:03 PM (kumBu)
I've heard that 1903s/a3s can't shoot modern 30-06 loads without risk of failure. This info supposedly comes from Townshend Whelen's tests...Not sure if this applies only to the low serial numbered 1903s or includes later ones, as the gun under discussion at the time was a WWII Remington. Have you heard this?
Posted by: Grey Fox at May 04, 2016 10:03 PM (bZ7mE)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 10:03 PM (rgXmo)
Sorry. Cute like Amy Schumer is cute. Actually she looks like Bernadette Peters in that photo.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 04, 2016 10:03 PM (MNgU2)
Southern Indiana ... opposite side of the river from Louisville, KY.
You shoot on a circuit ? Something people can come see ? Man, I'd certainly buy a ticket.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 04, 2016 10:03 PM (fiGNd)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 09:59 PM
HC may be limited, but, he's capable of doing ok, at least. I don't think anybody could have done anything with the shit he was expected to work with.
Posted by: otho at May 04, 2016 10:04 PM (EWg9n)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 10:04 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 10:04 PM (e3bId)
So, how many will celebrate with beer and tacos tomorrow anyway? Even
cultural appropriation couldn't stop me. Besides, it's my sisters
birthday so I'm covered.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 10:03 PM (rgXmo)
It's one of my old employee's birthday, but we both stopped drinking, so fck it.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2016 10:04 PM (jJRIy)
"As the rumor goes, the option on the film
rights to Atlas Shrugged were expiring in June of last year, 2010. Last
April, John Aglialoro, the producer who held the option on the film
rights, begged for the rights to be extended, but was denied. He had 2
months at that point to start production or lose the millions he already
invested in the project over the years. That meant he had 2 months (!)
to get a new script together, get the financing together, get the
available cast together, choose a director, find film locations, and all
that other stuff, while attempting to faithfully and successfully adapt
a deep complex legendary novel onto the screen."
Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack at May 04, 2016 10:02 PM (m5xM0)
Huh I did not know that. I thought it was based on Iron Ayn's will.
Well it did show that the movie was kinda slapped together.
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 10:05 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 10:05 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: Jean at May 04, 2016 10:06 PM (bKud+)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at May 04, 2016 10:06 PM (dBmVV)
So Avengers Civil War is actually another anti-Bush film? Or just anti-government?
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It is actually Captain AMerica: Civil War, the #3 Cap movie. There just happen to be a lot of Avengers and possible Avengers as well.
The movie is anti-government in general, which these days is good enough. Anti-Bush if one still thinks renewing the Patriot Act was a good thing, I suppose. I should note for the record that this Civil War is part of the movie continuity and so builds off the two prior Captain America movies, with some input from the two Avengers movies as well. It has little to do with the Marvel comics Civil War story, which is just as well...
The basic plot is in the trailer. Bucky, the Winter Soldier, has been defeated and found by Captain America. Bucky, now himself again and not a mindwashed supermurderhobo, wants to surrender. However, there are enough people out there who want him dead as a 100% deadly threat to the USA. This leads to a falling-out between Iron Man and Captain America over the definition of "justice", "due process" and the logical endpoint of (post-HYDRA) government intervention. The inevitable clash of wills follows. Other supers take sides, things get heated...
Posted by: exdem13 at May 04, 2016 10:07 PM (ry4ab)
Posted by: brak at May 04, 2016 10:07 PM (AgEp6)
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 10:04 PM (e3bId)
Like the main character in the Monster Hunter books.
Posted by: @votermom at May 04, 2016 10:08 PM (nbrY/)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 10:08 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: otho at May 04, 2016 10:04 PM (EWg9n) "
True, to be fair I should say that he can't act *in those two movies*. He's had good performances in other movies. And yeah, the dialogue written for Anakin was probably the worst dialogue in the prequels.
"I don't like sand, it's coarse and rough and it gets everywhere"
Please future Darth Vader, do go on.
It's sad when Ganondorf in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker has a better, more believable soliloquy about why he hates the desert.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 10:08 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 04, 2016 10:08 PM (GdFQh)
Posted by: CJ at May 04, 2016 10:09 PM (UjWEn)
I've only seen him in one movie where he was good. He portrayed Stephen Glass, the serial fabulist at The New Republic, in "Shattered Glass." I almost turned off "Life as a House" he was so bad in it. Kevin Kline saved that movie.
Posted by: no good deed at May 04, 2016 10:09 PM (GgxVX)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 04, 2016 10:09 PM (GdFQh)
I've heard that 1903s/a3s can't shoot modern 30-06 loads without risk of failure. This info supposedly comes from Townshend Whelen's tests...Not sure if this applies only to the low serial numbered 1903s or includes later ones, as the gun under discussion at the time was a WWII Remington. Have you heard this?
Posted by: Grey Fox
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I heard something about that and looked into it.
It was 1903 models and some had not been properly heat treated. The 1903a3s are ok with modern ammo FWIU.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 04, 2016 10:09 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at May 04, 2016 10:10 PM (dBmVV)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 10:05 PM
The poor bastard was left to hang out to dry, by Lucas. All green screen sets, no direction from Lucas, no characterization apart from... "Be sad!" "Be angry!" Combined with the shittiest script that ever shitted. He was doomed. Olivier couldn't have managed it.
Posted by: otho at May 04, 2016 10:10 PM (EWg9n)
Posted by: Josephistan at May 04, 2016 10:10 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: exdem13 at May 04, 2016 10:07 PM (ry4ab)
Sounds like a Dance-Off would be the way to settle it.
Posted by: eman at May 04, 2016 10:11 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 10:11 PM (BK3ZS)
Let's blame the prequels director.
Posted by: @votermom at May 04, 2016 10:11 PM (nbrY/)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 10:12 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: Peter Quill at May 04, 2016 10:12 PM (0mRoj)
so no one hated Umbrdge in Harry Potter? Because if this is just Star
Wars hate, I only saw the first one and thought it was inane.
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Saying one likes Umbridge is voluntary confession to being a fascist. It is saying "Yes I like pink nazi cat ladies and think they should run the country."
*stares hard at HIllary!2016 bumper sticker on minivan*
Posted by: exdem13 at May 04, 2016 10:13 PM (ry4ab)
With all this shooting talk - who's coming to Louisville for the NRA convention ? I'd absolutely like to meet folks, help with arrangements, and such.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 04, 2016 10:13 PM (fiGNd)
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 10:13 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 09:59 PM (B48dK)
It would be a cold day in hell before I'd go see that musical, although I must say it reminds me of Springtime for Hitler!
Posted by: Hrothgar at May 04, 2016 10:13 PM (wYnyS)
"I think I have to say 50 Shades of Gray was the least offensively bad."
Translation: I like boobs!
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 04, 2016 10:13 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 10:13 PM (rgXmo)
It was 1903 models and some had not been properly heat treated. The 1903a3s are ok with modern ammo FWIU.
Thanks. Good to know.
Posted by: Grey Fox at May 04, 2016 10:13 PM (bZ7mE)
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 10:13 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: Brunnhilde at May 04, 2016 10:13 PM (P5esK)
Oddly, my closeted Jewish grandmother with waspy tastes like the show. It came on after "Hee-Haw."
Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 04, 2016 10:14 PM (GdFQh)
Posted by: derit at May 04, 2016 10:14 PM (OC+TJ)
And they're remaking "Interview with a Vampire." Sigh.
Posted by: Josephistan at May 04, 2016 10:15 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 10:16 PM (B48dK)
*stares hard at HIllary!2016 bumper sticker on minivan*
Posted by: exdem13 at May 04, 2016 10:13 PM (ry4ab)
Oooh, someone needs to Photoshop Umbridge with a Hillary pin.
Posted by: @votermom at May 04, 2016 10:16 PM (nbrY/)
And they're remaking "Interview with a Vampire." Sigh.
Posted by: Josephistan at May 04, 2016 10:15 PM (7qAYi)
GOD DAMN IT!!!
Posted by: Eric Cartman at May 04, 2016 10:17 PM (m5xM0)
Posted by: freaked at May 04, 2016 10:17 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 10:17 PM (rgXmo)
I heard it was the other way around until Zsa-Zsa got involved.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 04, 2016 10:17 PM (GdFQh)
Posted by: Josephistan at May 04, 2016 10:15 PM (7qAYi) "
With Quz...Quev...Quesadilla Wallis in the Kirsten Dunst role?
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 10:17 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 10:18 PM (e3bId)
"Ninja please. I hated the prequels before it was cool. About 3 days
after seeing "Attack of the Clones" to be exact. The hate really set in
when Tartovsky's 5-minute cartoon shorts started playing on cable, and
they had more of the classic Star Wars vibe than both (later all three)
prequels together.
Posted by: exdem13 at May 04, 2016 09:45 PM (ry4ab) "
That's fine. I liked the prequels before it was verboten, so we're both on the bleeding edge.
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Good, that makes us the two coolest guys here, albeit on different sides of the issue.
I am NOT celebrating Cinco de Mayo btw, I only celebrate American holidays. I don't like Corona beer that much either.
Posted by: exdem13 at May 04, 2016 10:18 PM (ry4ab)
Sounds like a Dance-Off would be the way to settle it.
I've got the music right here - http://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 10:18 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: Weasel
****
That is awesome. Just an accountant?
I never saw a rule saying accountants can't be great shots.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 04, 2016 10:18 PM (hVdx9)
701 How about vampires? They haven't made any movies about vampires, right?
And they're remaking "Interview with a Vampire." Sigh.
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Dammit Beavis!!
Posted by: exdem13 at May 04, 2016 10:19 PM (ry4ab)
Posted by: Annalucia at May 04, 2016 10:21 PM (a5bF3)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 10:21 PM (BK3ZS)
How dare you talk about Erin Gray like that - the woman's a goddess!
Posted by: Josephistan at May 04, 2016 10:21 PM (7qAYi)
No Obi-Wan, only Han acting dumber in action than he did in his younger
days--unless you consider an over-the-shoulder-no-look blaster shot a
natural outgrowth of "don't get cocky, kid."
Posted by: derit at May 04, 2016 10:14 PM (OC+TJ)
Did they bring Spock back again?
Posted by: Mimzey at May 04, 2016 10:21 PM (aRUb8)
Posted by: freaked at May 04, 2016 10:22 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 10:22 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: @votermom at May 04, 2016 10:22 PM (nbrY/)
Posted by: exdem13 at May 04, 2016 10:22 PM (ry4ab)
Only a couple hours away. Would love to drive up. But I wouldn't want to impose. If they needed some dumb labor - it would be awesome to help out and then squeeze a few downrange. Really would.
But I wouldn't want to walk in all Tiger Woods like and just take my shots without helping out any. That wouldn't be right.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 04, 2016 10:23 PM (fiGNd)
Posted by: @votermom at May 04, 2016 10:23 PM (nbrY/)
"Between 7 p.m. Tuesday evening and noon on Wednesday, the Libertarian Party received 99 new memberships. For the same time period a day earlier, the LP received only 46 new memberships."
Holy Shit! 53 more people that usual got an application for the Libertarian party.
Posted by: Lambo at May 04, 2016 07:04 PM (C6cBW)
"At 6:40 P.M. on Tuesday evening, a semi-truck hauling B.C. bud to Colorado overturned in the ditch, and several dozen medical marijuana dispensaries were forced to close early."
Posted by: What The News Didn't Say at May 04, 2016 10:23 PM (Lj21F)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 10:23 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 10:23 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 10:24 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: freaked at May 04, 2016 10:24 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 10:25 PM (5p18q)
This is an epic takedown of a Mainstream Media Approved Storyline: Say this film is great, or else.
But, while I'm not a big science fiction fan, I did so enjoy the impression that this was a rare Positive Common Experience in our fractured culture.
Conflicting thoughts.
Posted by: CJ at May 04, 2016 10:26 PM (UjWEn)
You've heard of the "Medieval Times" franchise?
How about "Modern Times" with obese people in mobility scooters jousting with each other using curtain rods and broomsticks?
- Dog/cock fights in an empty swimming pool.
- Cheer on your team's "knight" to have his chance to claim paternity for his chosen "princess."
- Includes a bill of fare featuring Mountian Dew, Beenie Weenies and salted snack treats.
Venture capitalists, feel free to contact me.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 04, 2016 10:26 PM (GdFQh)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 10:26 PM (rgXmo)
Posted by: Lester the Transvamp at May 04, 2016 10:26 PM (BO/km)
Not so much now.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 04, 2016 10:27 PM (fiGNd)
I'm torn.
This is an epic takedown of a Mainstream Media Approved Storyline: Say this film is great, or else.
But,
while I'm not a big science fiction fan, I did so enjoy the impression
that this was a rare Positive Common Experience in our fractured
culture.
Conflicting thoughts.
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What, is Jeb Bush commenting on this thread?
Posted by: exdem13 at May 04, 2016 10:27 PM (ry4ab)
That's a pretty specific database knowledge item.
Hmm. I wonder what the links to that are?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 04, 2016 10:28 PM (u82oZ)
Only a couple hours away. Would love to drive up. But I wouldn't want to impose. If they needed some dumb labor - it would be awesome to help out and then squeeze a few downrange. Really would.
But I wouldn't want to walk in all Tiger Woods like and just take my shots without helping out any. That wouldn't be right.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 04, 2016 10:23 PM (fiGNd)
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Send me an email mh22304 (at gmail) and maybe something can be arranged. I have a buddy who is the match director who would be happy if you stopped by a match. No kidding.
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 10:28 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: tbodie at May 04, 2016 10:28 PM (Ade6D)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 10:29 PM (kumBu)
You've heard of the "Medieval Times" franchise?
How about "Modern Times" with obese people in mobility scooters jousting with each other using curtain rods and broomsticks?
Throw is Triggly Puff as the "fair damsel" in distress and you've got gold, Varno, solid gold!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 10:29 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 10:29 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: sexypig at May 04, 2016 10:29 PM (dZQh7)
Posted by: derit at May 04, 2016 10:29 PM (OC+TJ)
I used to get to the ship early just to see the three women doing the "20-min workout" show.
No TV. Heart-rate status - elevated. Exercises done - none.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 04, 2016 10:30 PM (u82oZ)
But for those of you that are on Playstation 4 (I think CDR M mentioned it the other night) and have the Star Wars Battlefront game, please friend me so we can squad together play the objectives. My PSN name is minnes45.
Posted by: Schwalbe262 at May 04, 2016 10:30 PM (f7ztN)
Posted by: exdem13 at May 04, 2016 10:27 PM (ry4ab)
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The concept of wit just dove into a wood chipper.
Posted by: CJ at May 04, 2016 10:31 PM (UjWEn)
I called that, right?
I called that like 3 days ago. He'll outbid Hillary.
Next expect "the banks are killing us." and "the universities pay Hillary for speeches but they are killing us in tuition."
Posted by: sexypig at May 04, 2016 10:31 PM (dZQh7)
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 10:32 PM (e3bId)
Fund my porno flick and I'll prove you wrong!'
I had an idea for a movie about a giant planaria. Do you think we could work that in?
Posted by: freaked at May 04, 2016 10:32 PM (BO/km)
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Only way that happens eman is if Starlord and friends happen to crash the party. Highly unlikely, but it would be a memorable scene!
Posted by: exdem13 at May 04, 2016 10:32 PM (ry4ab)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 04, 2016 10:34 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 04, 2016 10:35 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: Rob Ives at May 04, 2016 10:35 PM (Y/zfa)
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 04, 2016 10:36 PM (fiGNd)
"Speaking of which, oh, apparently Trump just said the minimum wage
should be raised to $15, if I heard Levin right. Hillary's going with
$12."
I called that, right?
I called that like 3 days ago. He'll outbid Hillary.
Next expect "the banks are killing us." and "the universities pay Hillary for speeches but they are killing us in tuition."
Posted by: sexypig at May 04, 2016 10:31 PM (dZQh7)
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Trump Cheat Sheet
He'll support everything that polls well (Inc. min wage.) and oppose everything that doesn't (open borders and terrorism).
And that might be enough for me to vote for him.
Posted by: CJ at May 04, 2016 10:37 PM (UjWEn)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 10:38 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 04, 2016 10:39 PM (iQIUe)
So long as it doesn't compromise the artistic vision, it's possible. What's a planaria--a space plantain? Crazy object insertion is always good for a break of levity.
Posted by: derit at May 04, 2016 10:39 PM (OC+TJ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 04, 2016 10:39 PM (u82oZ)
What, is Jeb Bush commenting on this thread?
Posted by: exdem13 at May 04, 2016 10:27 PM (ry4ab)
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The concept of wit just dove into a wood chipper.
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I dunno if you were paying attention earlier schmart guy, but Ace declared that the "shared cultural experience" was a dogfight ring tonight. You like it, you don't like it, you love it and will give Disney MORE of your $$$, you bravely hate anything that 90% of the nation likes. Pick a dog, pick a fight.
Actually I think Ace might actually admit to liking the movie on some other day, but after today's news he needed to have a stiff drink and flame the hell out of something, and this was it. Not that I've ever need an excuse to get my fanboy rant going...
Posted by: exdem13 at May 04, 2016 10:39 PM (ry4ab)
Posted by: Weasel at May 04, 2016 10:40 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 04, 2016 10:40 PM (zOTsN)
He'll support everything that polls well (Inc. min wage.) and oppose everything that doesn't (open borders and terrorism).
And that might be enough for me to vote for him.
Posted by: CJ at May 04, 2016 10:37 PM (UjWEn)
Someone linked an article on Trump on the minimum wage. He recognized that you can't just bump up the wage and expect it to help; he wants to bring jobs back to make the wages go up to $15 from market forces, not min wage decree.
Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 04, 2016 10:40 PM (uURQL)
It's the story of a lonely hermaphrodite looking for love in all the wrong places.
Posted by: freaked at May 04, 2016 10:41 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 04, 2016 10:42 PM (u82oZ)
so for we the right-wing unwashed masses to like something the SJW flying monkey brigades like we have to accept Gender Flipping Mary Sue literal
"ok"...
I would have been a *lot* happier if I didn't think JJ Abrams was French-kissing Lena Dunham on script review.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 10:43 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 10:43 PM (B48dK)
should be raised to $15, if I heard Levin right. Hillary's going with
$12."
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Someone posted earlier that Levin was misquoting Trump.
I didn't listen to either Levin or the actual Trump interview so that's all I can say.
Posted by: @votermom at May 04, 2016 10:43 PM (nbrY/)
Posted by: Rafael Cruz at May 04, 2016 10:43 PM (a6Ff7)
Posted by: tbodie at May 04, 2016 10:28 PM (Ade6D)
That was Ben Hur, sorry.
But apparently no-one has shot a remake of Luis Bunuel's Chien Andalou, or Eisenstein's Battleship Potempkin!
Posted by: Kindltot at May 04, 2016 10:43 PM (ry34m)
Viva CGI!!
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 10:44 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 10:44 PM (rgXmo)
Made the originally trilogy completely pointless. Literally. No jedi but one master in hiding, resistance and empire lite. What was the whole point of the OT again?
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at May 04, 2016 10:44 PM (+AnUx)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 04, 2016 10:44 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 10:44 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: @votermom at May 04, 2016 10:44 PM (nbrY/)
Posted by: Josephistan at May 04, 2016 10:45 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 10:45 PM (B48dK)
a giant planaria. Do you think we could work that in?
DaFuqauwee absent-mindedly twirled his light saber in the presence of the giant denizen from a lower phyllum. A slight slip and before you could say "Jar-Jar sucks!", the weapon cleft the creature's head in two.
From this seemingly inconsequential accident arose The Giant Planarian With Two Heads
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 10:45 PM (BK3ZS)
I covered for her. I responded by asking, "Nikon or Canon?"
(I like Pentax lately myself.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 10:45 PM (ntObR)
Luke-the absentee dad
Ray/Rea/Rei/Rey/MarySue Skywalker literally destroys the entire point/need for a Jedi order and guided growth at all...
yup...
not well thought out
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 10:45 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 04, 2016 10:46 PM (BK3ZS)
It's the story of a lonely hermaphrodite looking for love in all the wrong places.
Posted by: freaked at May 04, 2016 10:41 PM (BO/km)
No, just cut's itself in half and voila, it has doubled itself.
Maybe a tunicate?
Posted by: Kindltot at May 04, 2016 10:46 PM (ry34m)
No it's a flatworm that looked like a dick. If you cut them in half both halfs grow back! If you split it's head down the middle it will grow two heads!
Posted by: freaked at May 04, 2016 10:46 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 10:46 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 04, 2016 10:43 PM (ry34m)
Ahem!
Posted by: Brian de Palma at May 04, 2016 10:46 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 10:46 PM (B48dK)
I've never asked for a raise before.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 04, 2016 08:04 PM (LHS8g)
You have a job that seems secure. And you got a modest raise in pay, plus new bonus opportunities. I would say that you are very fortunate, indeed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 04, 2016 10:47 PM (wZhAq)
No it wasn't.
It was a debate on the Patriot Act and how much liberty do you pay for security.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 04, 2016 10:47 PM (1xUj/)
Conflicting thoughts.
Posted by: CJ at May 04, 2016 10:26 PM (UjWEn)
To paraphrase a quote I saw, the whole nation keeping quiet about the spoiler for a week or so was the most cooperation among the American people since 9-11.
I liked the movie ok, but mainly due to nostalgia. The original came out during my formative years and I had a massive crush on Harrison Ford for many years. So, ok, I actually cried when he got killed. So did my girlfriends, and we all saw it separately.
Posted by: stace at May 04, 2016 10:47 PM (ozZau)
Posted by: @votermom at May 04, 2016 10:47 PM (nbrY/)
What's all this then?
I'll be over that way this weekend for shitloads of bourbon, and maybe some horseys.
Posted by: DC in River City, Team Mattis at May 04, 2016 10:48 PM (e+1S5)
Posted by: tbodie at May 04, 2016 10:28 PM (Ade6D)
That was Ben Hur, sorry.
Let me clarify. I meant they'd do the no sound thing. As if that was new.
Posted by: tbodie at May 04, 2016 10:48 PM (Ade6D)
He hasn't called yet, But I'd do VP. Sit in a nice office and do shit all day. Yeah, I could d that.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 04, 2016 10:48 PM (9ym/8)
If he wins he can exempt hotels and golf resorts.
Posted by: sexypig at May 04, 2016 10:48 PM (dZQh7)
That's cultural appropriation of space-Jamaicans!
And we're back to Jar-Jar.
Posted by: Josephistan at May 04, 2016 10:48 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 10:48 PM (ntObR)
Right and Captain Falcon is not a "fuck you" to the Tea Party...
Marvel made it implicitly clear who the "good guys" were...spoiler alert "the bad guys won in Marvel" of course Iron Man essentially cribbing the suicide squad concept and handing Marvel's worst villains junior G-man badges was apt.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 10:49 PM (g8Hfr)
You'll know hwood has absolutely hit rock bottom when they start remaking silent movies.
Posted by: tbodie
The Birth of a Nation
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4196450
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 04, 2016 10:49 PM (k4M/B)
Not sure Levin is misquoting. Someone just had the impression that Levin said Trump wanted a $15 min wage, but no transcript to confirm it at the moment.
So main thing is that Trump is triangulating a bit - not slapping down minimum wage as a horrid idea, but also not committing to its use to "fix" things. Expressing sympathy with the common man's pain of needing higher wages.
Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 04, 2016 10:49 PM (uURQL)
Posted by: derit at May 04, 2016 10:49 PM (OC+TJ)
Posted by: Brian de Palma at May 04, 2016 10:46 PM (7qAYi) "
I always thought that "Metropolis" needed more lens flares.
Posted by: J.J. Abrams at May 04, 2016 10:49 PM (kumBu)
Get hammered for those state funerals.
Posted by: sexypig at May 04, 2016 10:49 PM (dZQh7)
Posted by: @votermom at May 04, 2016 10:49 PM (nbrY/)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 10:50 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 10:50 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: tbodie at May 04, 2016 10:48 PM (Ade6D)
There was a fairly recent movie of "Call of Cthulhu" where the director shot it as if it were a movie made when the story was written, so it was a b/w silent film. It was pretty good.
Posted by: Josephistan at May 04, 2016 10:50 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Josephistan at May 04, 2016 10:48 PM (7qAYi) "
Meesa have bad glaucoma, mon.
Posted by: Jamaica Jar Jar at May 04, 2016 10:51 PM (kumBu)
You were correct, when they literally martyred Saint Steve the Hippie I quit buying and have never looked back.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 10:51 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: exdem13 at May 04, 2016 10:39 PM (ry4ab)
Ah. I was not here earlier. Understood.
My reaction was without any forethought. I'm just playing catch up with my cultural betters. It was as a rep of the 70% of citizens not emotionally invested in these movies (but still kind of enjoying the response).
Posted by: CJ at May 04, 2016 10:51 PM (UjWEn)
Just tossing it out there, but maybe we should have workers form groups that take over businesses?
Putin's been on the phone telling me about these soviets.
The bosses. They're killing us. So, we have these...soviets. and the jobs come back.
Posted by: sexypig at May 04, 2016 10:52 PM (dZQh7)
I say Trump should rub the left's noses in their economic Brawndo swilling....
"Minimum Wage should be what you want man"
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 10:53 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: freaked at May 04, 2016 10:53 PM (BO/km)
The min wage thing is unlikely with Trump -business owners hate min wage.
Wanting everyone to earn much more than min wage because jobs abound and employers are competing for workers is a very conservative position.
And it sure as he'll beats Mitt' s "well layoffs they happen and its painful but it's creative destruction" (to paraphrase his book)
Posted by: @votermom at May 04, 2016 10:54 PM (nbrY/)
However, I would want the remake to feature a giant hamster ball and some expendable character go down the Odessa steps.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 04, 2016 10:54 PM (ry34m)
Posted by: tbodie
The Birth of a Nation
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4196450
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 04, 2016 10:49 PM (k4M/B)
Are the Klan the heroes in the new one?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 04, 2016 10:54 PM (45oDG)
keeping quiet about the spoiler for a week or so was the most
cooperation among the American people since 9-11.
Posted by: stace at May 04, 2016 10:47 PM (ozZau)
--
Kind of what I thought. It was nice, as well as a stark reminder of how little of substance our multicultural society has a common passion.
Posted by: CJ at May 04, 2016 10:55 PM (UjWEn)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 04, 2016 10:55 PM (u82oZ)
I'd pay good money to see Robert Downey Jr remake "The Great Dictator"
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 10:55 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 04, 2016 10:56 PM (zOTsN)
Sure. We'll throw some wooden shoes in the machines, and the bosses will have to hire us to use those old manual looms.
BTW, when Trump starts calling up Ford and telling them to move factories back, will Toyota stay in the USA?
I mean, the Japanese Trump will be on the phone, too.
Should be fun.
Posted by: sexypig at May 04, 2016 10:56 PM (dZQh7)
They congratulate themselves every time they do Shakespeare. Guys, he wrote down every damned word for you!
Posted by: t-bird at May 04, 2016 10:56 PM (eeTCA)
Posted by: Regis Kill at May 04, 2016 10:56 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 10:45 PM (ntObR)
Ha! Very smooth!
Posted by: stace at May 04, 2016 10:56 PM (ozZau)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 10:56 PM (B48dK)
Except Trump brought in foreign workers and uses H1Bs to get around that.
Oooops.
Posted by: sexypig at May 04, 2016 10:56 PM (dZQh7)
Going from memory, Civil War the comics was around 2003, way before the Tea Party.
Also I don't remember who Captain Falcon is.
I had young kids. Civil War was a way for me to talk about the Patriot Act and the TSA and the relative merits of government and individual action.
On the other hand, I bought into the series because they promised that whatever happened there would have permanent repercussions on the Marvel universes.
Yeah. I'm a gullible child.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 04, 2016 10:57 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: Tuna at May 04, 2016 10:57 PM (JSovD)
So far looks like he's not there...yet.
Posted by: sexypig at May 04, 2016 10:57 PM (dZQh7)
Posted by: TheQuietMan
****
It would be Brokeback Birth of a Nation
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 04, 2016 10:57 PM (hVdx9)
He's like the Forest Gump of SWs
The John Wayne of the Pajama Boy Generation.
Posted by: t-bird at May 04, 2016 10:57 PM (eeTCA)
Oooops.
Posted by: sexypig at May 04, 2016 10:56 PM (dZQh7)
Oh you silly thing.
Facts don't matter. Trump is a Strong Alpha who is Pro-American. That is all that matters.
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 10:58 PM (5p18q)
Asked whether he would consider raising the minimum wage, Trump said he is "looking at that" and "open to doing something with it," despite claiming months earlier that he opposed raising the minimum wage because the U.S. needs to keep wages low to compete with foreign countries.
Posted by: sexypig at May 04, 2016 10:58 PM (dZQh7)
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 10:50 PM (g8Hfr)
But not before doing She-Hulk porn.
Posted by: Josephistan at May 04, 2016 10:58 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 04, 2016 10:59 PM (sl+zA)
Note to self: tbodie woefully lacks movie knowledge
But to be honest, my 1st thought as i hit post on the original comment was "I wonder if MP4 lurks at night"
Posted by: tbodie at May 04, 2016 10:59 PM (Ade6D)
Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2016 11:00 PM (B48dK)
When you see Trump say that "he's looking at that"
Do you want him to raise the min. wage or not?
Right now he's Schroedinger's Trump, so we can get you on the record.
Posted by: sexypig at May 04, 2016 11:00 PM (dZQh7)
CNN - four hours ago:
Asked whether he would consider raising the minimum wage, Trump said
he is "looking at that" and "open to doing something with it," despite
claiming months earlier that he opposed raising the minimum wage because
the U.S. needs to keep wages low to compete with foreign countries.
Posted by: sexypig at May 04, 2016 10:58 PM (dZQh7)
That was clearly a gotcha question from a liberal reporter asking him some of that sneaky "policy questions" stuff.
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 11:00 PM (5p18q)
Captain Falcon is when Sam Wilson got the shield when Saint Steve the Hippie after his latest resurrection decided he hated people who wanted a secure border more than Hydra.
You also may have missed out on the issue where Cap felt more sympathy for the thinly veiled Al Qaeda pastiche than he did for "Marvel's Blackwater."
Marvel cast their vote in the GWoT they sided with the Opfor.
I'll die before I give their print properties another dime.
Ever.
DC is not far behind.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 11:00 PM (g8Hfr)
"We can't do that - it's not in the conservative rulebook!"
Or
"We are gonna prove to you we are not racist. "
Trump is a salesman and he's sticking to the basic "so this is what you need and you will get it via xyz"
And
The customer is always right - "you want a wall? We're gonna build a wall!"
Posted by: @votermom at May 04, 2016 11:01 PM (nbrY/)
Posted by: sexypig at May 04, 2016 11:02 PM (dZQh7)
Who pissed in Ace's canteen?
Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2016 11:02 PM (08Znv)
Posted by: Regis Kill at May 04, 2016 11:03 PM (9ym/8)
And
The customer is always right - "you want a wall? We're gonna build a wall!"'
This would be re-assuring, except Trump has been a flim flam bait and switch salesmen at some of his ventures.
He literally has run real estate seminars and multi-level marketing schemes.
Posted by: sexypig at May 04, 2016 11:04 PM (dZQh7)
He's coping with "Duh Donald" AND "Holy fuck Abrams Wars suck"....
I won't rattle his cage.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 11:04 PM (g8Hfr)
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/05/04/ trump-looking-at-minimum-wage-im-very-different-from-most-republicans/
Can't paste because of formatting but it's not long, go read.
Posted by: @votermom at May 04, 2016 11:04 PM (nbrY/)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2016 11:04 PM (08Znv)
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 11:04 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: sexypig at May 04, 2016 11:04 PM (dZQh7)
That wasn't a pyramid scheme, it was a "sales triangle."
Crap.
Posted by: Josephistan at May 04, 2016 11:05 PM (7qAYi)
I rather enjoyed the swerve that Mark Hamill was in the flick in focus for what 15 seconds?
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 11:05 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 04, 2016 11:06 PM (kP16F)
Can you take a thread off every now and again?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 04, 2016 11:06 PM (9ym/8)
"I'm the king of debt. I love debt," Trump said. "The problem with Puerto Rico is they have far too much debt."
I'm not all down on him. He's entertaining.
Posted by: sexypig at May 04, 2016 11:06 PM (dZQh7)
You recall when I said in the wake of 2012 Boehner should have offered "free shit for all"?
Yeah...fuck it wreck it let the bodies hit the floor.
Donkey wants 15 an hour?
Trump should offer 17.75
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 11:06 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 04, 2016 11:06 PM (NeFrd)
Posted by: freaked at May 04, 2016 11:07 PM (BO/km)
He's like the Forest Gump of SWs
The John Wayne of the Pajama Boy Generation.
Posted by: t-bird at May 04, 2016 10:57 PM (eeTCA)
You could tell them that he was originally Marion and later became John and the nitwits might think he was the Bruce Jenner of his day
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 04, 2016 11:07 PM (45oDG)
Posted by: Blano at May 04, 2016 11:07 PM (heN73)
Someone else brought it up here.
I called this a few days ago.
Sorry to kill your buzz.
I'll leave it alone.
Posted by: sexypig at May 04, 2016 11:07 PM (dZQh7)
No he can't...careful or he'll call you a stalker.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 11:07 PM (g8Hfr)
---
*shrug*
He's the nominee. Not much I can do about that.
Can we hold his feet to the fire? I don't know, but maybe, since we (voters) are his source of power. I know any Dem will be unchecked.
Posted by: @votermom at May 04, 2016 11:07 PM (nbrY/)
Posted by: Blano at May 04, 2016 11:07 PM (heN73)
Not sure Levin is misquoting. Someone just had the impression that Levin said Trump wanted a $15 min wage, but no transcript to confirm it at the moment.
Chique said in a post that she thought she heard Levin say that Trump wants to raise the minimum wage to $15 like Bernie.
I googled it and came up with a Washington Post story from around six hours ago in which a WP reporter interviewed Trump today and Trump was quoted as saying he was open to raising the minimum wage and was in studying and evaluating it. He said that he knows he differs on this from most Republicans. He also said he didn't want to tinker with it much because it would then reduce competitiveness.
He is quoted as saying that he wants to bring back jobs to America so then people could be working for more than $15 an hour.
He was asked the above in context as to how he can convince Bernie voters to vote for him. The bring back jobs was his reply, as jobs are a huge concern for the Bernie young voter.
I was subsequently told that Levin said in reporting this that it demonstrates that Trump was moving to the left. Sigh....
The article with the Washington Post is online.
I don't know how someone can interpret Trump saying he was studying the minimum wage increase as meaning Trump wants to raise the minimum to $15.
Someone replied upthread to my post in which I said I would be happy when Trump is not being asked detailed policy questions every 16 minutes, because he is not a professional politician, and not good like them at dodging and non answering questions and then ends up giving an answer in which he doesn't have a lot of information. Later, now better informed, he states his opinion, which people say is flip flopping.
I say it's one of Trumps flaws. He needs to simply say he is formulating his policy on whatever he is being asked about.
I've worked through my professional organization for years with legislators and lobbyists to get legislation enacted in my state. I hate to inform you guys of this, but 95% of the legislative and adminstrative elected officials know jack shit about whatever it is they are voting on. They are presented with hundreds of pieces of legislation each year, and No, they don't read it. They have aids for that.
They don't know anything about the vast majority of subjects of the legislation.They rely on lobbyists and industry representatives to educate them in five minutes about whatever it is they are going to vote on that will be effected by the legislation.
So forgive me if I don't set Trump aflame for not having a solid, never going to change my mind, can't ever educate me on it policies on things such as whether the Federal Government should mandate the minimum wage be raised to $8.25 or $11 or $50.
Should he be asked about it? Certainly. Should he answer with specifics about every single thing? No.
As I said, at least he is evaluating it and it's potential bad effects. Hillary and Bernie simply are using it to collect votes. They'll either implement it regardless of the damage it does, or they'll not implement it , laughing at the gullible who believed them.
Posted by: Jen the original at May 04, 2016 11:09 PM (391wI)
Posted by: Josephistan at May 04, 2016 11:09 PM (7qAYi)
Hillary won!?!
YAY MORE KARDASSIAN NEWZ!
//Morning Mika
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 11:09 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: t-bird at May 04, 2016 11:09 PM (ANVXm)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 04, 2016 11:10 PM (k4M/B)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2016 11:04 PM (08Znv)
There was this British vampire movie where to get turned you had to go into a specific cave on a cliff with a certain box. The movie was ok.
Posted by: @votermom at May 04, 2016 11:11 PM (nbrY/)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 04, 2016 11:11 PM (9ym/8)
Yeah it would be nice to get the pro-Hillary folks around here on record
on whether they want to raise the minimum wage or not, and if so, if
they want to raise it all the way to $15/hr, more than that, or less
than that.
Posted by: freaked at May 04, 2016 11:07 PM (BO/km)
There are no "pro-Hillary" folks around here, as far as I know.
I did not start the Trump stuff. Funny how I always get the blame for it, though.
But I do note that the usual pro-Trump folks are strangely silent on this ominous and completely predictable development from His Orangeness when it comes to the minimum wage, or any issue really, that he defaults to the standard liberal position.
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 11:11 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: sexypig at May 04, 2016 11:11 PM (dZQh7)
around here on record on whether they want to raise the minimum wage or
not, and if so, if they want to raise it all the way to $15/hr, more
than that, or less than that.
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 11:04 PM (5p18q)
I dunno, Chemjeff, don't you have to agree that the sort of regular inflation you have called for in the pass both demand this sort of control and an eventual floor of at least $15.00 per hour?
Posted by: Kindltot at May 04, 2016 11:12 PM (ry34m)
There are plenty of pro-H Dawg fans here...
they wear Gary Johnson masks.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 11:12 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 04, 2016 11:12 PM (9ym/8)
Personally the correct answer is to allow minimum wage to atrophy on the vine where functionally it is below market equilibrium for labor.
A brilliant move by Reagan frankly.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 11:13 PM (g8Hfr)
If wages go up to $15...can I not raise his wage.
Or would this guy sort of expect a bump?
Posted by: sexypig at May 04, 2016 11:13 PM (dZQh7)
Posted by: zombie william the bastard conqueror at May 04, 2016 11:14 PM (f4AGl)
they wear Gary Johnson masks.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 11:12 PM (g8Hfr)
Libertarian 2016 - Feel The Johnson!
Posted by: Josephistan at May 04, 2016 11:14 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 04, 2016 11:14 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: sexypig at May 04, 2016 11:14 PM (dZQh7)
---
But they sound so smart! And know better than us!
Unpossible!
*sticks fingers in ears*lalalala
I can't hear you
Posted by: @votermom at May 04, 2016 11:15 PM (nbrY/)
Woof! Woof! Woof!
Posted by: hilllary at May 04, 2016 11:15 PM (f4AGl)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 04, 2016 11:15 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: David at May 04, 2016 11:15 PM (dhQoG)
History being a guide he would not get a bump unless he was a public employee union member...
I had climbed to 5.25 an hour when minimum wage was 3.35...
when it was raised to 4.25 and 3.85 hit I was not made whole on the gifted a 50 cent raise to cover the loss in base purchasing power.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 11:15 PM (g8Hfr)
I guarantee that if I were still there, they would still be paying me that, and they'd be saying that it doesn't matter what the minimum is, they won't raise it.
Meanwhile every paralegal *then*, with no experience, was making at least $20 an hour and getting huge bonuses. I'm glad I'm not there anymore but it just consolidates my opinion that no matter where I go or what I do, my contribution's NOT appreciated.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 04, 2016 11:16 PM (ntObR)
sort of regular inflation you have called for in the pass both demand
this sort of control and an eventual floor of at least $15.00 per hour?
Posted by: Kindltot at May 04, 2016 11:12 PM (ry34m)
What "regular inflation" that I have called for in the past?
I do not favor a federally mandated minimum wage. I believe the government should get out of the wage manipulation business.
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 11:16 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: chemjeff
-----------------
Dude.
He hasn't had time to research the issue yet...
Posted by: Chi at May 04, 2016 11:16 PM (/9QbJ)
The jokes and joke on "sternly conservative....TRAGICALLY conservative" write themselves....
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 11:16 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: freaked at May 04, 2016 11:17 PM (BO/km)
they wear Gary Johnson masks.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 11:12 PM (g8Hfr)
Ummm.... no.
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 11:17 PM (5p18q)
You're the boss. And there are plenty of illegals that would kill to do his job for 15 *undocumented* dollars, easily cutting your costs in half.
Posted by: t-bird at May 04, 2016 11:18 PM (Z58Xa)
Um "yes" if Trump has a USS Failboat ground operation the Libertine Party has the SS Titanic...
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 11:18 PM (g8Hfr)
If wages go up to $15...can I not raise his wage.
Or would this guy sort of expect a bump?
Posted by: sexypig at May 04, 2016 11:13 PM (dZQh7)
In his mind he is worth 2x minimum wage (whatever, go with it) so he will expect a raise.
Posted by: tbodie at May 04, 2016 11:18 PM (Ade6D)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 04, 2016 11:18 PM (9ym/8)
as opposed to these last 8 years of peace?
Hit the bong again dude you ain't high enough evidently.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 11:19 PM (g8Hfr)
I'm not falling for the false choice fallacy again.
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 11:19 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 04, 2016 11:19 PM (k4M/B)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 04, 2016 11:19 PM (VdICR)
Hello, I keep raising my hand.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 04, 2016 11:19 PM (9ym/8)
Maybe Austin Petersen.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 04, 2016 11:19 PM (k4M/B)
Groovey maaan...Yeeeah!
Posted by: Mimzey at May 04, 2016 11:20 PM (aRUb8)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
****
Trump debate to the rescue!
(For loose definitions of rescue...)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 04, 2016 11:20 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 04, 2016 11:20 PM (zOTsN)
right b/c when FINALLY it is YOUR turn to need a fifth of gin to steel yourself it is time for the game to change.
Fuck John McCain and fuck the GOP that forced me to back a man I hate b/c he was running against a barely closeted communist.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 11:20 PM (g8Hfr)
I think he's referring to your name. As if 'sexypig' would be a better stalker to have!
Posted by: t-bird at May 04, 2016 11:20 PM (Z58Xa)
Maybe Austin Petersen.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 04, 2016 11:19 PM (k4M/B)
The more I read about Austin Petersen, the more I like him.
http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 11:20 PM (5p18q)
Did you bring enough for everybody?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 04, 2016 11:21 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: person at May 04, 2016 11:21 PM (mFkVC)
Posted by: tbodie at May 04, 2016 11:22 PM (Ade6D)
Ted Cruz may come from a family of St John killers but evidently Trump thinks he'd possibly make a great AG....
Trump is not the candidate this party needs but by Jesus if he ain't the one the DC GOP deserves.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 11:22 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: person at May 04, 2016 11:21 PM (mFkVC)
Yeah, the man is slime.
Posted by: Insert witty name here at May 04, 2016 11:23 PM (J3UIw)
The more I read about Austin Petersen, the more I like him.
And he has only a slightly greater chance than I of becoming POTUS.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 04, 2016 11:23 PM (k4M/B)
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 11:20 PM (g8Hfr)
I cannot speak for others, but I have never claim that you MUST MUST MUST vote for THIS GUY because THE OTHER GUY is just too horrible.
I truly and sincerely believe that you should vote your conscience.
In the end, I voted for Mitt Romney with a clear conscience. I thought he was a generally decent human being who would do good things. Not Reagan-esque great, but good enough to merit my affirmative support, not just as a vote against Obama.
I say the same thing today. Vote for whomever earns your affirmative support.
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 11:23 PM (5p18q)
An official with the Department of Justice said the agency will no
longer call people "felons" or "convicts" after they are released from
prison because it is too hard on them emotionally.
Assistant Attorney General Karol Mason wrote a piece in The
Washington Post Wednesday saying "many of the formerly incarcerated men,
women, and young people I talk with say that no punishment is harsher
than being permanently branded a felon or offender."
Posted by: Lizzy at May 04, 2016 11:24 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 04, 2016 11:24 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: eman at May 04, 2016 11:24 PM (MQEz6)
Is he the one the country deserves? Because that's what people were voting for.
And voters decided to show the DC GOP they should be more conservative by voting for the least conservative candidate on the GOP side in decades... what message does that really send?
Posted by: person at May 04, 2016 11:24 PM (mFkVC)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 04, 2016 11:25 PM (k4M/B)
Posted by: zombie william the bastard conqueror at May 04, 2016 11:25 PM (f4AGl)
I will. Thank you. I don't need a damn debate about it each and every time.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 04, 2016 11:26 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: Hank at May 04, 2016 11:26 PM (E1yZq)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 04, 2016 11:27 PM (zOTsN)
...
It'd bad enough that he pushed it in the first place, but it's crazypants for the dude to be still on it.
There's something wrong with him.
Posted by: stace at May 04, 2016 11:27 PM (ozZau)
Nah, it's not over. He's the GOP candidate until he loses in Nov and after that the face of the party for at least 4 years. Everything he does or did, everything he says or said, reflects on the people who enthusiastically supported him.
Posted by: person at May 04, 2016 11:27 PM (mFkVC)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 04, 2016 11:27 PM (9ym/8)
Washington Post Wednesday saying "many of the formerly incarcerated men, women, and young people I talk with say that no punishment is harsher than being permanently branded a felon or offender."
Hahahaha ha.
Stupid f×cks.
Posted by: tbodie at May 04, 2016 11:27 PM (Ade6D)
Posted by: t-bird at May 04, 2016 11:28 PM (Z58Xa)
Entry level fast food, gophers at construction companies, retail check out clerk. Only a small percentage of people working in those jobs plan to stay there for the foreseeable future.
Even the most rudimentary jobs are paying more than that. Try to find employees who are willing to work at laborious jobs for $7.25. You can't. Or they show up for a week and leave.
You can't even hire teenagers for summer grunge jobs for minimum wage. Try to hire a high schooler to mow your lawn...if you find one, you'll be paying well over minimum for the job.
Posted by: Jen the original at May 04, 2016 11:28 PM (391wI)
*plays inspirational guru musical flourish for St ChemJeff*
Good on you the last vote I was HAPPY to cast was 1992 and maybe 2000.
My thing is "stop the communist" so sadly I will pull for Duh Donald.
You will vote for the Libertine party which is a defacto vote for H-Dawg...
glad that lets you sleep easier champ.
*sincerely*
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 11:28 PM (g8Hfr)
wage to atrophy on the vine where functionally it is below market
equilibrium for labor.
A brilliant move by Reagan frankly.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 11:13 PM (g8Hfr)
That was also the defacto policy under Truman too. But it would be just as valid to get rid of the "managed" inflation, since that would solve more problems than just turning the minimum wage to $5,000 an hour and turning the US dollar into the Argentine Austral.
Dad mentioned this evening that the jacket he was wearing today was old, since it was made in the US.
I pointed out that one of the industry most affected and stunted in 16th century Spain was the clothing and textile industry, since with the riches of the Indies coming in there was labor cost inflation and a massive downturn of capital investment, since it was easier to live off the free gold and silver, and to invest it out of country instead of forcing Iberian peasants to industrialize.
Eventually the Spanish Crown passed an edict that all clothing sold in Spain had to be made in Spain, and had to be labeled as such (which caused a burst of activity in Catalonia for the manufacture of clothing labels for smuggled French textiles.)
We are in a similar position with free and cheap money supporting this "sensible" inflation. We print money here and it is cheaper and more effective to buy clothing from China and Bangladesh and wherever. Not because the materials are cheaper, or the labor is better, but because the comparative advantage for manufacturing versus investing favors buying overseas.
Sucks if you have a $15/hr burger job you will never get out of, but that is the cost of easy money.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 04, 2016 11:28 PM (ry34m)
...
It'd bad enough that he pushed it in the first place, but it's crazypants for the dude to be still on it.
There's something wrong with him.
Posted by: stace at May 04, 2016 11:27 PM (ozZau)
I'm presuming Mr. Cruz outright refused a position of some sort, so Slimy McSlimyface is trying to reduce Ted's prestige via an attack on his father.
Because not every dad can get arrested at KKK rallies.
Posted by: Insert witty name here at May 04, 2016 11:28 PM (J3UIw)
There's something wrong with him.
Posted by: stace at May 04, 2016 11:27 PM (ozZau)
That is because he actually believes it.
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 11:28 PM (5p18q)
1073 1065
Nah, it's not over. He's the GOP candidate until he loses in Nov and after that the face of the party for at least 4 years. Everything he does or did, everything he says or said, reflects on the people who enthusiastically supported him.
Posted by: person at May 04, 2016 11:27 PM (mFkVC)
That's not how the Force works.
Posted by: eman at May 04, 2016 11:29 PM (MQEz6)
Good. Have them tell their friends.
Posted by: t-bird at May 04, 2016 11:29 PM (Z58Xa)
an America that re-elected Barack fucking Obama deserves whatever it gets.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 11:29 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: I Want a New Party at May 04, 2016 11:30 PM (HXx+D)
Posted by: exdem13 at May 04, 2016 10:18 PM (ry4ab)
Corona's kind of like Bud that has passed through a couple of sets of kidneys.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 04, 2016 11:30 PM (wZhAq)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 04, 2016 11:30 PM (zOTsN)
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That would have been Kate Upton but she betrayed me by getting engaged.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 04, 2016 11:30 PM (Nwg0u)
One thing I think we know about Trump is that he lacks healthy skepticism (along with principles, wit, etc.) He believes every conspiracy that he can get his hands on. I'd love to know the true extent of his trutherism is.
Posted by: person at May 04, 2016 11:31 PM (mFkVC)
glad that lets you sleep easier champ.
I have to sleep with myself.
I don't sleep with Trump or Hillary (mercifully!).
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 11:31 PM (5p18q)
When I was a kid, all I wanted was the Falcon. And for the same reason that Malcolm Reynolds wanted the Serenity. A smallish freighter, enough to make money with and live aboard with friends, and get far the fuck away from anyone who wanted to tell me how to live. Because fuck the Empire, fuck the Feds, and fuck this gay-ass Earth.
Posted by: Colonel Kurtz at May 04, 2016 11:32 PM (cSdkE)
This line is a great way to absolve yourself of any responsibility to try to improve the country.
Posted by: person at May 04, 2016 11:33 PM (mFkVC)
George Takei.
We will probably be seeing him in the new series also.
Posted by: Insert witty name here at May 04, 2016 11:33 PM (J3UIw)
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He said today that he never believed it, he just wanted people to know people were saying it.,
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 04, 2016 11:33 PM (Nwg0u)
1089 Vote for whomever earns your affirmative support.
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That would have been Kate Upton but she betrayed me by getting engaged.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 04, 2016 11:30 PM (Nwg0u)
She'll wake up someday and realize she made a terrible mistake.
Be ready to forgive her.
Posted by: eman at May 04, 2016 11:33 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 04, 2016 11:33 PM (zOTsN)
You fucking retard your party ran a goddamned winter soldier "ready for doody"
and W's greatest flaw was a refusal to treat the donks for what they are.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 11:34 PM (g8Hfr)
And this line of attack... yes, the man who is constantly on the news, who has marginalized my political beliefs, who has revealed a lot of people I thought had principles to be shallow phonies, who wants to be PRESIDENT... yeah, sometimes I think about that guy. Weird, right?
Posted by: person at May 04, 2016 11:34 PM (mFkVC)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 04, 2016 11:35 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 04, 2016 11:36 PM (zOTsN)
No it is recognizing the reality that the average LIV is a functional retard on Civics and being resigned to stupidity being its own reward.
Trump is in all likelihood LITERALLY our best shot at these retards' backing.
That fact has damn near driven me back to my cups.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 11:36 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 04, 2016 11:36 PM (hVdx9)
It will need to be in a systematic way that you don't know or understand. Yet. Don't do shit.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 04, 2016 11:36 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 04, 2016 11:37 PM (k4M/B)
Sulu was my favorite Captain....
Takei is not my favorite human.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 11:37 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr
****
Quatro De Mustard was awesome.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 04, 2016 11:37 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Couch Fucker at May 04, 2016 11:38 PM (5p18q)
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W treated the Donks the way the Donks treat Islam and for the same reason. "If we're nice to them, they won't decapitate us."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 04, 2016 11:38 PM (Nwg0u)
I know.
I pulled the fade b/c I suspected we were doomed to lose to Trump and I knew I would back him God help my soul.
I suspect there are few people on this forum who are angrier than I am period.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 11:39 PM (g8Hfr)
He cleaved to the idea that the Democrats like the WW2 GOP would place national mission over partisan gamesmanship.
Nobody ever accused him of being a genius.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 04, 2016 11:40 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 04, 2016 11:40 PM (rgXmo)
Posted by: Stinkr at May 04, 2016 11:31 PM (Emqwb)
I know what you mean brah...Bush was in on 911. It was an inside job to start a war, man.
Posted by: Mimzey at May 04, 2016 11:42 PM (aRUb8)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 04, 2016 11:42 PM (9ym/8)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 04, 2016 11:42 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 11:43 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 11:43 PM (kumBu)
Mr. Ed died?? He was just on the TV box last night. Rest his soul...good horse.
Posted by: Mimzey at May 04, 2016 11:45 PM (aRUb8)
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 11:45 PM (5p18q)
There is no music in Islam!
Posted by: ask the imam at May 04, 2016 11:46 PM (f4AGl)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 04, 2016 11:46 PM (k4M/B)
Posted by: chemjeff - Libertarian at May 04, 2016 11:04 PM (5p18q)
Well, not a U.S. voter, so not a Trump supporter, but myself, I'm opposed to there being any minimum wage. Some people would starve to death if they were paid what they were truly worth.
But by saying he will "consider" a minimum-wage increase, he might snag some votes from LIV's and Libertarians, doncha know? It's called "playing politics".
And does a President have the power to unilaterally impose a Federal minimum wage, anyway? I sort of doubt it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 04, 2016 11:46 PM (wZhAq)
Posted by: Rex B at May 04, 2016 11:47 PM (7cqHD)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 04, 2016 11:48 PM (Nwg0u)
But will the conversation change? I doubt it.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at May 04, 2016 11:52 PM (kumBu)
Posted by: JT at May 04, 2016 11:55 PM (q/Vse)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at May 04, 2016 11:56 PM (Kucy5)
A pledge on a min. wage would be hard to break.
Also, Joe Scarborough of Morning Joe, who we know Trump watches and likes, says a minimum wage bump is already baked in the cake, politically.
Its one area where I think Trump will have genuine conflict of principles as he hires people.
Posted by: sexypig at May 04, 2016 11:58 PM (dZQh7)
Posted by: rickl at May 05, 2016 12:03 AM (sdi6R)
Agreed. Or put differently drop politics for awhile.
Ace says he's doesn't give a fuck who wins, but stirs the pot with ledes, often misleading. He can take his political ball home if he wants, and we can end the acrimony.
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 05, 2016 12:04 AM (bQxkN)
Posted by: rickl at May 05, 2016 12:06 AM (sdi6R)
He watches my wife clean it.
That was on purpose right?
Posted by: sexypig at May 05, 2016 12:14 AM (dZQh7)
Um, Ace, that was the point. It was a deliberate retelling of the
original in an effort to reset the series and salvage after the damage
cause by the prequels. Also, I think you're referring to one person as
an analogue for both Han and Leia.
Posted by: McCann at May 04, 2016 06:39 PM (E7b4C)
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McCann, you already know this but when a comment starts with "Um" you're telegraphing it in that you're a jackass. You must be a real joy at home with the kids. Xanax is your friend.
Posted by: Snatchez at May 05, 2016 12:29 AM (g9d8D)
If you are anti-Trump you can love it because he is the bad guy of your fantasies, and if you are pro-Trump (like me) I can enjoy watching him make the Empire great again and obliterate all these loser neo-Star War "progressive looking good guys". A good ending for the new part II would be using the new and improved death star (renamed "Trump Star") to destroy Disney thus putting this whole remake crap out of its misery.
The Empire Wins...Good.
Posted by: William Eaton at May 05, 2016 12:29 AM (KhJh8)
I laid out my argument point by point to my friends and family, and they looked at me like I had lost my mind. "But but but, there are FOUR Star Wars movies now!"
No, you are wrong. There are still 2.5
I made the decision after watching it that from now on, there will be nothing new star wars related in my life. Star Wars will remain in my happy childhood, along with untold hours playing Dark Forces and Jedi Knight, and the foul smelling, coagulated pile of porcine afterbirth that was TFU does not exist in my happy world.
And don't get me started on "The Hobbit"...
Posted by: Taft at May 05, 2016 12:44 AM (eNJSL)
Posted by: Community Organizer at May 05, 2016 01:04 AM (GN7Er)
Posted by: Snatchez at May 05, 2016 12:29 AM (g9d8D)
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Man, the Cruz dropout is really turning people into major cunts.
I don't think he's the one who needs a Xanax. Fucking hell.
Posted by: Community Organizer at May 05, 2016 01:07 AM (GN7Er)
You managed to nail **every** last feeling I had for this execrable shitstain excuse of a movie. But there are a few things I think you left out:
1. SW:TFA was a rehash of not only all six previous SW movies, but it also had rehashes of Harry Potter ("the lightsaber calls out to you, Harry Potter!") and even The Incredibles (Yoda replacement thing was cut and pasted from Edna ("No capes! NO CAPES!!!") in that movie).
2. It proves that the average IQ of movie goers nowadays is so low that it makes even Kim Jong Un look like a fucking genius; and
3. Modern movie stupidity generally owes a debt of gratitude to the (then accidental) worldwide distribution success of Waterworld back in the mid-1990s (which IIRC you or one of the COBs touched on here some time back). Thanks to that, the focus now is solely on SFX and plots be damned. For example, the layered plot intrigue of the original M:I movie (1996) was quite good, a few plot holes notwithstanding. Can you imagine something at that level being produced these days? Me neither.
Thank you for verbalising every last rant I felt and thought about this movie. I complained about it on my FB page and those who liked the movie kept referring back to SFX and feels, regarding "Wow, SW is back!!!" and not much else. I figure the only way I could actually enjoy this movie would be to get drunk to the point of having to be rushed to the hospital for alcohol poisoning.
Sigh...
Posted by: Lena Dunham's Hairy Minge at May 05, 2016 01:45 AM (0vz0n)
Posted by: Deno at May 05, 2016 02:11 AM (eAvOZ)
Posted by: Biff Boffo at May 05, 2016 03:16 AM (3KE2m)
Posted by: Deno at May 05, 2016 02:11 AM (eAvOZ)
The butthurt is strong in you, young padawan. Come into my minge, it's your best possible safe space...
Posted by: Lena Dunham's Hairy Minge at May 05, 2016 04:20 AM (0vz0n)
Posted by: dri at May 05, 2016 06:07 AM (+jBpT)
Posted by: TeamRawDog at May 05, 2016 07:02 AM (10hEu)
Posted by: TeamRawDog at May 05, 2016 07:02 AM (10hEu)
they already announced that there will be a gay character in the next film. Haven't said who yet - whether it's an already introduced character or a new character.
The SJWs absolutely love this movie. They think Rey is the greatest hero of our generation. I go to a site called pajiba and it used to be a good, though left-leaning site, in that I have similar movie/tv show tastes to the reviewers there, so I found a lot of movies/shows I otherwise would never have heard of.
Over the years though, the site has devolved into a SJW site, where they essentially rate movies based solely on how many women/minority characters are in it and what those characters do. they don't care anymore about story, consistency, realism, believability or anything else. It's all about what color skin the actor has and whether the women gets to be the hero. It's actually sad to witness what were otherwise intelligent people lose any sense of logic or analysis. I never agreed with their politics, but they kept that to a minimum when reviewing stuff, now, it is all political.
Posted by: Golden at May 05, 2016 09:09 AM (3ZtZW)
Star Wars: The Farce Unleashed sucked. There's no need to defend it, justify it or attempt to rationalize away the movie's failings.
Just accept it and move on.
Posted by: Ernie McCracken at May 05, 2016 09:11 AM (dnv2e)
-She's more moral than everyone despite having no parents or guardians
-She's a better pilot than everyone.
-She's a mechanical genius bar none.
-She's a better lightsaber fighter than the stormtrooper
-She can do advanced Force techniques without any training
-It takes her one shot with a blaster before she's Any Oakley. "
Sounds like Ovama...
Star Wars is a joke that got out of hand... Like Trump's presidential candidacy.
And for all time Bitch, I nominate Scarlet O'Hara
Posted by: RIP USA at May 05, 2016 10:26 AM (GrgHD)
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Posted by: Rich at May 05, 2016 12:22 PM (7O+d3)
Anyone else notice that the first thing across the screen after that tedious crawl was a big black middle finger?
Hilarious.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz The Main Dude My Man Esq at May 05, 2016 02:01 PM (sItQg)
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