The new OT post for OT stuff
by Benne on Feb 19, 2012 12:36 AM PST
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PrintIf the latest Fanshot taught us anything, it's that we have many different interests beyond Seahawks football. So I want to open up this thread to anything non-football related. 90's wrestling, 90's cartoons, 90's shirt trends (come out with your No Fear shirts, we know you had them).
Basically, embrace your most embarrassing trends from your childhood time. Whether you watched Rick Mirer or Matt Hasselbeck, doesn't matter. Give us your poignant Seahawk Kid Moment here.
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No Fear shirts?
Our score so far:
80s: 1
90s: 0
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
Dude I totally disagree! Leg warmers are hot!
When paired, of course, with oversized hoop earrings, an off-the-shoulder sweater and a midriff belt.
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
Two words
Jennifer Beals wet ..ok three words.
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. - Al Swearengen
I graduated in 92, so I'm tweener on the decades.
90’s were awesome. 80’s were dreadful.
Just say no ads.
Ratt
Def leopard
Winger
Great White
Poison
Punky Brewster
Who’s the Boss-Tony Danza sucks
Growing Pains
Facts Of Life
Silver Spoons
Crappy kung fu movies
Best shows on TV: A-team (terrible), Miami Vice (LOL)
Sally Jesse Rafael
Copenhagen chew hats shaped like a tin with flaps on the back
Neon pink everything (for men)
Joe Camel
Spuds McKenzie
Ollie North
That’s good for now. The 80’s are a vast cultural/moral wasteland that should be condemned to the dustbin of history.
70% of space is covered by dark matter, the rest by ET.
Um, MTV?
Let’s be honest, the best parts of the 90’s were the rebellion against the caricatures of the 80’s.
But much of the 90’s just refined the same crap.
It was bad in the 80's
It was the Cyndi Lauper and Madonna channel.
It started to get OK around G n’ R’s Appetite, and then the head bangers ball and the Unplugged series. And Beevis and Butthead were genius in their stupidity. So it had a good run in the 90’s before it became the Real World channel and had nothing to do with music.
Alice and Chains unplugged was amazing at the time.
70% of space is covered by dark matter, the rest by ET.
What about Genesis and Bon Jovi?
“Land of Confusion” and “Livin on a Prayer” played every hour for a year it seemed like.
Yeah, forgot about them.
They are terrible too.
70% of space is covered by dark matter, the rest by ET.
It's the bottom of the ninth, bases load, down by 3, full count....NO FEAR!
And of course there was the Big Johnson shirts. One thing that has been funny about 90s t-shirts and name brands is looking at what has happened to them. The two biggest ones during middle school for me were Stussy and Mossimo. It seemed that both of them totally dropped off the planet a few years after they came out, but now Mossimo is being sold at Target while Stussy is being sold in boutique stores like Zebra Club. How the hell did that happen? They both had the same prestige when they first came out.
by seattle_since_81 on Feb 19, 2012 12:44 AM PST reply actions
You're not alone.
Mossimo was a huge deal in the early 00’s, and they fell off the map without warning. The moral of the story is never, ever get into fashion. The industry moves so fast that long-term success is impossible, unless your definition of “long-term success” is “being a VH1 punchline in 5 years.”
I feel like I'm too young for this.
Not that I recall any embarassing trends in the 00’s. Crocs?
"You are the molders of their dreams." - Clark Mollenhoff
Sorry wasn't paying attention to your post
Was too busy playing with my pogs and
trying to ice away my headache from playing
my virtual boy. I was massively dissapointed that my nintendo game glove didn’t fit anymore but then I got really happy because I
realized my litebrite still works.
Watching the Seahawks is like peeing on yourself, everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling it brings
by DKrottenhawk on Feb 19, 2012 1:16 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Does anyone know where
I can get my flobee reapired at?
Watching the Seahawks is like peeing on yourself, everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling it brings
by DKrottenhawk on Feb 19, 2012 1:19 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
flowbee.com
They still sell them, had to replace mine a few years ago. They even sell a Flowbee mini-vac now.
Never got the game glove
But I was just discussing the other day with my buddy about in the old pokemon’s doing the thing where you talk to the professor in the one town then surfing the side of that island to get that rediculous powerful pokemon that always fucked your game up.
So there I was, balls deep......
Took me a half hour to realize she was dead
Poor Grandma
by Seahawk Junky on Feb 19, 2012 1:20 AM PST up reply actions
Missingno
I had to google it
So there I was, balls deep......
Took me a half hour to realize she was dead
Poor Grandma
by Seahawk Junky on Feb 19, 2012 1:22 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah!
If you gave him a rare candy he would evolve into Kangaskhan. My Kangaskhan had Water Gun and Sky Attack. worked in Pokemon Stadium, too!
Your post failed because you didn't have Power Rangers in it.
Accept them in your life, and I won’t ban you over it.
by Benne on Feb 19, 2012 1:21 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Speaking of which
I want to buy one of these to find new best friends while I’m out and about:
by SgtSasquatch on Feb 19, 2012 1:22 AM PST up reply actions
I would rec this
But I have not had rec abilities for the past month
So there I was, balls deep......
Took me a half hour to realize she was dead
Poor Grandma
by Seahawk Junky on Feb 19, 2012 1:23 AM PST up reply actions
What happened to your rec abilities?
by brugg on Feb 19, 2012 3:39 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Maybe time for a sig change, something less puerile?
I think we’ve gotten all the lols we can out of this one.
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
by shams on Feb 19, 2012 5:23 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I concur
However, I still do not have rec’ing abilities "WHY (unspecific deity of my choosing) WHY?!?!?!
I changed my signature block and still do not have Rec'ing abilities.....
I think I may be cursed
by Seahawk Junky on Feb 20, 2012 4:28 AM PST up reply actions
Power rangers would have been slaughtered
Against Voltron, and the transformers from “beast wars”! At least that’s what Zack, Slater, Kelly, Jesse and Screech from Saved by the Bell told me! Besides Power rangers had a big gay orgy with the teletubbies.
Watching the Seahawks is like peeing on yourself, everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling it brings
by DKrottenhawk on Feb 19, 2012 1:38 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Also, just to get it out of the way...
There can never be a conversation about the 90’s without referencing Ren and Stimpy and/or Rocko’s Modern Life at least once.
I'm going to make this the official 90's wrestling nostalgia subthread.
Because the New World Order was a ballsy movement and turning Hulk Hogan heel was one of the greatest decisions in wrestling history.
I too would concur with those statements
I would recall jumping on my couches at the ripe age of 5 back in the early 90’s in my jurassic park underwear and a cape doing the wolf sign with my hands when Sting and Kevin Nash and Scott Steiner and whoever else was in NWO came out
So there I was, balls deep......
Took me a half hour to realize she was dead
Poor Grandma
by Seahawk Junky on Feb 19, 2012 4:16 AM PST up reply actions
Very true
I don’t think we’ll ever see again a feud where fans have to wait over a year for the big payoff.
Sadly, from a dramatic POV, Starrcade ’97 should have been the end of the nWo storyline, but the ridiculous Sting/Hogan match and its ending was a huge anticlimax that just let the whole thing continue.
After reforming the Four Horsemen, they should have been able to stand up to the nWo on an even footing, but didn’t. By the time the whole thing faded away, everyone in the WCW who should have been able to stand up to them had been squashed repeatedly.
Coincidentally, I’ve just finished rereading my copy of “The Death of WCW”. To me, though, after a certain point, it seemed like there were more WWF alumni in WCW than native WCW wrestlers. Me, I liked the days of Sting, the Steiners, the Giant, Cactus Jack, Big Van Vader, and all the others. No, it didn’t really make for popular tv, but it had it’s own flavor.
“Spin the wheel, make the deal…”
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . a Coal Miner’s Glove match?!?! Really? All the awesome gimmick matches on that thing and you choose the one with a dirty sock on a pole?
"That's funny. I post here all the time and I never see (you) here."
- GreatGoogly, to John Morgan
"John Morgan IS Field Gulls, asshole!"
Sting was doing wrestling?
Didn’t that interfere with his ninety-minute orgasms?
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
Not really.
Awkward for his opponent, though.
by Groundhog on Feb 21, 2012 1:49 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
WOW
I've put away the whiskey and the chainsaw and gone responsible. I'd like to say "Danny Kelly made me do it!" but that would be a lie. I chose to shave, put on a suit and tie and pretend I'm more important than I really am...
by Tyler Jorgensen on Feb 21, 2012 7:27 PM PST up reply actions
And a thousand people did awkward turtle all at once
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
Unfortunately, WCW lived and died by the NWO storyline.
They had nothing to fall back on once it got stale. That and they had the same 5 main eventers over and over, while the WWF kept pushing young talent. By 2000 WCW was such a joke, and if I remember correctly Rey Mysterio was a heel. That’s when I stopped watching.
They dropped sooooo many opportunities to start pushing new main eventers
I remember when Buff Bagwell came back after having a seriously broken neck. I remember watching the match where he broke it and cringing when his spine seemed to crawl its way out from between his shoulder blades. Before, he was a mid-card heel in the nWo, and when he came back for his return promo, the entire crowd was cheering like crazy for him. He had a new lease on life ahead of him… until he did a cheap double cross and put an nWo shirt back on. I never did understand that: A wrestler coming back from injury that fans are dying to cheer for and they throw it all away for a cheap swerve. In the WWF, wrestlers coming back from long-term injury would be pushed to the moon and have their reappearance be the focal point of the show. Not WCW.
"That's funny. I post here all the time and I never see (you) here."
- GreatGoogly, to John Morgan
"John Morgan IS Field Gulls, asshole!"
The entire arena was raising the roof when Booker T came out.
And they didn’t give him a main event push until it was too late.
"The following phone call...
…has been paid for by the New World Order."
"That's funny. I post here all the time and I never see (you) here."
- GreatGoogly, to John Morgan
"John Morgan IS Field Gulls, asshole!"
Dragonball Z motherfuckers!
Come at me bros with your memes!
Don't be an idiot. If an idiot would do that, then don't do it. Muahahahaaha back on twitter
What is a meme?
I have heard that word thrown around a great deal and yet do not know what this is.
So there I was, balls deep......
Took me a half hour to realize she was dead
Poor Grandma
by Seahawk Junky on Feb 19, 2012 4:43 AM PST up reply actions
And the correct pronunciation
Is it like meemee, or maymay?
So there I was, balls deep......
Took me a half hour to realize she was dead
Poor Grandma
by Seahawk Junky on Feb 19, 2012 4:44 AM PST up reply actions
Ask the internet.
Don't be an idiot. If an idiot would do that, then don't do it. Muahahahaaha back on twitter
*nods head
ohhhhhhhhhhhh
I changed my signature block and still do not have Rec'ing abilities.....
I think I may be cursed
by Seahawk Junky on Feb 20, 2012 4:29 AM PST up reply actions
Even with mentioning Dragonball Z, I notice your total recs are not yet
over NI~NE THOU~SAAAAAAAND!!!
"That's funny. I post here all the time and I never see (you) here."
- GreatGoogly, to John Morgan
"John Morgan IS Field Gulls, asshole!"
by Clendy on Feb 19, 2012 8:31 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I'll be over in a few.
As soon as “You can’t do that on television” is over and I pump up my shoes.
by brugg on Feb 19, 2012 8:37 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Has anyone seen my new Micro Machines?
I can’t find them anywhere.
by brugg on Feb 19, 2012 8:40 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
i will never admit to wearing
Hypercolor tshirts,stone washed jeans and LA Gears with the Multi-colored shoelaces…never.
Howard the Duck and Willow are the greatest movies to come out of George Lucas’s bloated frog throat since Empire Strikes Back.
Mac and Me…awesome.
I went to Troy’s R Us the other day and they had the most gorgeous looking Millenium Falcon Lego set,then I realised kids today have such awesome Legos. I feel like the 90’s let me down.
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. - Al Swearengen
props to Willow, especially Sortia. She turned me into a panting wanker
Smashmouth is the new sexy!
Legos today are TERRIBLE.
My buddy’s kids have that said Millenium Falcon. It’s junk.
Legos used to be about building and imagination. Now they are specific pieces that ONLY can be used in a strict creation of exactly what the model dictates. It’s really sad. We’ve wrung imagination out of building.
I've put away the whiskey and the chainsaw and gone responsible. I'd like to say "Danny Kelly made me do it!" but that would be a lie. I chose to shave, put on a suit and tie and pretend I'm more important than I really am...
by Tyler Jorgensen on Feb 19, 2012 9:37 PM PST up reply actions
I'm sorry your friends must have bought
The Landon Calrissian owned Millennium Falcon because the one I saw could make the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs.
As for new Legos not all of them fit one purpose at least no more then they used too. In the end they all end up in the lego box at the drop of a gravity where you can then build the Cosby sweater looking building of your dreams.
They also had Indiana Jones Lego set with the V wing Nazi plane.
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. - Al Swearengen
Simply not true.
“As for new Legos not all of them fit one purpose at least no more then they used too. In the end they all end up in the lego box at the drop of a gravity where you can then build the Cosby sweater looking building of your dreams.”
Have you utilized the new legos?!? Here, read this article by Discover Magazine. I found it when I googled, “what happened to legos.”
Here’s a great quote from the intro paragraph:
“So how, I wonder, did LEGO so severely lose its way? LEGO now fills the niche that model airplanes once did when I was a kid, an activity whose motto would be better described as "Follow the instructions!" The sets kids receive as gifts today are replete with made-to-order piece types special to each set, useful in one particular spot, and often useless elsewhere. And the sets are designed for constructing some particular thing (a Geonosian Starfighter, a Triceratops Trapper, etc.), and you—the parent—can look forward to spending hours helping them through the thorough yet thoroughly exhausting pages.”
The writer hit the nail on the head…
I've put away the whiskey and the chainsaw and gone responsible. I'd like to say "Danny Kelly made me do it!" but that would be a lie. I chose to shave, put on a suit and tie and pretend I'm more important than I really am...
by Tyler Jorgensen on Feb 20, 2012 2:30 PM PST up reply actions
You can buy block sets that allow you to build anything
As for the specific sets I’ll tell you from first hand experience that 90% of those Legos are the same as they always were. Having built a police station,two fire trucks,an ice cream shop,garbage truck,helicopter and motor home since Christmas that most of those pieces are reusable.Yes there are some stuff that will only work for that specific thing,like a dinosaur,but it’s really not that different from the castle walls I had to build back in the day.
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. - Al Swearengen
All of the "name brand" legos (like the millennium falcon), are specific pieces that do not transfer well from one construct to the next.
And kids want the name brand items, as always…
And as for castle walls, I put one together with friends’ kids and noticed that even the castle pieces now are less versatile than they used to be.
I can’t believe you don’t see a difference in legos from 20 years ago to today. They are tremendously less adaptable now…
I've put away the whiskey and the chainsaw and gone responsible. I'd like to say "Danny Kelly made me do it!" but that would be a lie. I chose to shave, put on a suit and tie and pretend I'm more important than I really am...
by Tyler Jorgensen on Feb 20, 2012 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
I don't see them as being less adaptable
because of the majority of the stuff I’ve spent building in the last few weeks were the same blocks and pieces we had growing up. Sure there’s going to less adaptable pieces like on a Millennium Falcon that cost 150 dollars and is less a toy and more of a collectors piece. I still have a tub filled with legos ( and nails,markers,crayons and I think an old spoon) and some of those pieces I can’t use to build anything without it being specific (like a castle and pirate ship )
Today they have Ninjas,Futuristic,better knights,Indiana Jones, Star Wars and even some of the other brands like KRE-O work with Legos.
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. - Al Swearengen
Well, the stuff you have and the stuff that is making Legos' primary profit are no longer one in the same.
I applaud you for having the older ones where kids imaginations can actually be utilized and developed.
I've put away the whiskey and the chainsaw and gone responsible. I'd like to say "Danny Kelly made me do it!" but that would be a lie. I chose to shave, put on a suit and tie and pretend I'm more important than I really am...
by Tyler Jorgensen on Feb 20, 2012 5:35 PM PST up reply actions
I can't believe Legos, LEGOS, are now being cited as a contributing factor to the eventual destruction of Western Civilization.
Kids are both making pre-designed models with Legos and are using Legos to make whatever their imagination desires. These things are not mutually exclusive.
...
I guess all our politicians missed the Lego sales down at Freddies.
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Feb 20, 2012 7:26 PM PST up reply actions
I never said they were mutually exclusive...
but the current crop are not nearly as free-form to creative as past generations’ legos. That is all.
I've put away the whiskey and the chainsaw and gone responsible. I'd like to say "Danny Kelly made me do it!" but that would be a lie. I chose to shave, put on a suit and tie and pretend I'm more important than I really am...
by Tyler Jorgensen on Feb 20, 2012 8:51 PM PST up reply actions
Uh, it just takes more creativity to
utilize the modern legos.
My much younger brother has a millenian falcon harry potter pirates of the Caribbean contraption that looks pretty damn cool.
70% of space is covered by dark matter, the rest by ET.
Great.
So instead of developing your creativity, be a G.A.T.E. student and you’ve got hope.
Might as well leave your senior year in high school and write your Doctoral Dissertation. Legos are supposed to help you develop your creativity. But in this era of soul sapping television, video games and a lack of free form creative development, one of the best tools for such is no longer workable by the masses.
Sweet.
I've put away the whiskey and the chainsaw and gone responsible. I'd like to say "Danny Kelly made me do it!" but that would be a lie. I chose to shave, put on a suit and tie and pretend I'm more important than I really am...
by Tyler Jorgensen on Feb 23, 2012 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
Also, that's probably about 300 dollars worth of legos there...
another issue I have with them. Higher price, less creativity. Ugh.
I've put away the whiskey and the chainsaw and gone responsible. I'd like to say "Danny Kelly made me do it!" but that would be a lie. I chose to shave, put on a suit and tie and pretend I'm more important than I really am...
by Tyler Jorgensen on Feb 23, 2012 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
I don't know man.
They’re just toys.
I had legos and lincoln logs as a kid, but they weren’t anything special. I also took everything in the house apart and had a soldering iron and torch by 7 or 8.
Kids in my neighborhood had power tools for toys. Legos were just what you started out with in pre school. They’re freaking blocks.
70% of space is covered by dark matter, the rest by ET.
I could never understand lincoln logs
as a Kindergartner, they were the bane of my existence
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Feb 24, 2012 7:03 PM PST up reply actions
I believe their sole purpose was
to teach you how to start a fire.
70% of space is covered by dark matter, the rest by ET.
I used them as bases for my plastic soldiers...
I had hundreds of soldiers. We’d build lincoln log forts outside, one of us on each side… we had “shooting areas” that we had to stay in, and the goal was to knock down or kill, decapitate, whatever, every little army man on the other side… with bb guns.
Brilliant game, actually.
Not a surprise I became a fan of “tower defense” style games later….
I've put away the whiskey and the chainsaw and gone responsible. I'd like to say "Danny Kelly made me do it!" but that would be a lie. I chose to shave, put on a suit and tie and pretend I'm more important than I really am...
by Tyler Jorgensen on Feb 25, 2012 1:35 AM PST up reply actions
Well, most kids didn't get a soldering iron or torch by 7 or 8...
so their creativity is based on what tools they have to work with.
And the utensils are less adaptive and creative. That’s all.
I've put away the whiskey and the chainsaw and gone responsible. I'd like to say "Danny Kelly made me do it!" but that would be a lie. I chose to shave, put on a suit and tie and pretend I'm more important than I really am...
by Tyler Jorgensen on Feb 25, 2012 1:36 AM PST up reply actions
Sounds like you have your whole municipal infrastructure built.
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
typical...
we fund the fire and police, but not the schools…
I've put away the whiskey and the chainsaw and gone responsible. I'd like to say "Danny Kelly made me do it!" but that would be a lie. I chose to shave, put on a suit and tie and pretend I'm more important than I really am...
by Tyler Jorgensen on Feb 20, 2012 4:21 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Hahah!
I've put away the whiskey and the chainsaw and gone responsible. I'd like to say "Danny Kelly made me do it!" but that would be a lie. I chose to shave, put on a suit and tie and pretend I'm more important than I really am...
by Tyler Jorgensen on Feb 20, 2012 5:35 PM PST up reply actions
The best revelation of this subthread is Tyler coming out as a massive LEGO nerd.
by Benne on Feb 20, 2012 8:53 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Hahah!
I've put away the whiskey and the chainsaw and gone responsible. I'd like to say "Danny Kelly made me do it!" but that would be a lie. I chose to shave, put on a suit and tie and pretend I'm more important than I really am...
by Tyler Jorgensen on Feb 21, 2012 6:32 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It was discussed last OT thread but
TMNT are my childhood.
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. - Al Swearengen
Yo, if anyone catches a link to the ME3 trailer that's debuting tonight (dunno if it already did on the east coast or not)
post that shit up dawgs
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Feb 19, 2012 6:47 PM PST reply actions
Just went up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heEqAwQ5phI
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Feb 19, 2012 7:04 PM PST up reply actions
All in all, it's extremely similar to the Halo 3 cinematic trailer - kid at the beginning (although it was a flashback for H3) and jump-leaping at a huge lumpy thing (Chief jumping at the Brute pack)
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Feb 19, 2012 7:08 PM PST up reply actions
I'm waiting for the extended cut coming in 2 days.
"You are the molders of their dreams." - Clark Mollenhoff
on the plus side, Ashley is WAAAAAAY better looking
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Feb 19, 2012 8:48 PM PST up reply actions
As far as I'm concerned, Ashley has been dead a very long time...
I've put away the whiskey and the chainsaw and gone responsible. I'd like to say "Danny Kelly made me do it!" but that would be a lie. I chose to shave, put on a suit and tie and pretend I'm more important than I really am...
by Tyler Jorgensen on Feb 19, 2012 9:39 PM PST up reply actions
Uhm....
I’m a little worried here. I feel like they’re changing the format/formula of my all time favorite game series…
I've put away the whiskey and the chainsaw and gone responsible. I'd like to say "Danny Kelly made me do it!" but that would be a lie. I chose to shave, put on a suit and tie and pretend I'm more important than I really am...
by Tyler Jorgensen on Feb 19, 2012 9:41 PM PST up reply actions
Same here
ME’N’KAIDEN TAKIN’ OVER DA UUUUNIIIVVEERRRRSE.
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Feb 20, 2012 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
Not 90's related but
Was Drive amazing to anyone else? Can Ron Perlmans mouth get any larger?
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. - Al Swearengen
Who lets an autistic child run around NY City by himself ?!?!?!
Drive was perfect. Ryan Gosling doesn’t say a fucking thing,The soundtrack was spot on and Albert Brooks playing a baddy…perfect.
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. - Al Swearengen
Drive was pretty great, stoked that Gosling and Refn are already working on other projects together.
But the over-the-top violence didn’t work for me and diminished a lot of the atmosphere established in the first 60 or so minutes. Flawed masterpiece.
I disagree totally. I felt like the first 60 minutes did a perfect job a building up tension and setting up the outbursts.
And the elevator scene is one of my favorite things ever. I thought the movie was near perfect.
by the other side on Feb 20, 2012 7:00 PM PST up reply actions
Since there are comic nerds here, has anyone seen "Super" yet?
I loved it, and felt it’s the movie that Kick-Ass wanted to be, in that whole “what if normal people tried to be superheroes” premise. But while Kick-Ass dropped the ball in the third act and devolved into a fanboy power fantasy, Super doesn’t pull its punches and is legitimately disturbing.
You never saw "Stealing Beauty" I take it.
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
No, but since we are talking about comics...
I enjoy Manhwa instead of Manga for no bizarre reason. Maybe it’s the Big 3 which make me go ‘meh’ at Japanese comics nowadays.
Don't be an idiot. If an idiot would do that, then don't do it. Muahahahaaha back on twitter
Hey careful there. I am a gigantic One Piece fan. I do agree on the other two though...
Long suffering, committed Seahawks/Packers fan
I need some help with Comics
I don’t read comics but I like the few I’ve read ( The Watchmen ) The Kindle Fire allows me to view comics now and I’d like to broaden my horizons. I’ve been recommended Y: The Last Man and the Sandman but outside of that nobody I know reads comics. Any suggestions ?
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. - Al Swearengen
Like regular books, stick with the good writers.
Moore and Gaiman are a good start. I’d also suggest Wagner and Bendis. For darker fare, Ennis and Ellis. Morrison for metaphysical.
There’s companies/brands/series that generally cater to more adult readership. Try DC’s Vertigo titles.
I'll second the Vertigo titles
And also second Y and Sandman. Preacher and The Boys, Gaiman’s 1602.
Fables by Bill Willingham is my current favorite.
by Craptastic-J on Feb 25, 2012 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
Fables is a bit too much all at once for me. And the writing doensn't do it for me.
Funny that there’s TV shows popping up all over the place trying to emulate it, though.
The Boys and Preacher might be too much too soon for a novice. Those have full effect for someone who has been subject to comics formulae for years.
Powers might be better anti-hero fare to start.
Astonishing X-Men is what hooked me on comics.
Whatever you do, avoid anything Frank Miller has done over the last decade.
That excludes Dark Knight, Electra, Sin City, and 300.
All of which have influenced the movies in some form or another. Sin City and 300 are almost shot for shot straight from the comics.
Eastbound and Down Season 3 started last night.
It was great. Back to form.
Life’s Too Short aired right after and tears were streaming down my face the entire time. Absolutely astonishingly funny.
Has anyone watched Key & Peele?
I just caught up on the first 3 episode and it’s one of the funnier things I’ve seen in a while. Comedy central has the first episode free here.
Walking Dead with possible spoilers
Does anyone else half of them to die? All they do is cry are so emotional
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. - Al Swearengen
I've heard so much negative buzz from the TV show it makes me wonder:
Is the comic even worth checking out? I ask honestly because I watched the pilot, enjoyed it, and got the vibe from comic fans that this would be a TV milestone. Then it went all downhill from there, for reasons I’m not sure because the show bored me very fast.
I dunno about the TV show, but I really get a kick out of the comics. They have a lot more depth to them than I expected for a comic book.
Maybe a case of “bar was already set low so…”?
Long suffering, committed Seahawks/Packers fan
The characters constantly do stupid things, are awful stereotypes, and have nothing interesting to say to one another.
It’s worse than Twilight. The popularity of this show is one of life’s big mysteries.
I lasted through a few episodes of season 1, until the wife cheats on her husband in the woods with his best friend.
I’m a horndog, but I’m ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that if the Zombie Apocalypse was upon me, the last thing I would do is make dirty hurried love in the woods without someone watching my back at all times with any typical zombie-busting weaponry, be it baseball bat or shotgun. But to do so with my best friend’s wife, or in her case, without her husband (who she apparently still loved?!?)
Meh.
I think I lasted two episodes after that, max.
I've put away the whiskey and the chainsaw and gone responsible. I'd like to say "Danny Kelly made me do it!" but that would be a lie. I chose to shave, put on a suit and tie and pretend I'm more important than I really am...
by Tyler Jorgensen on Feb 21, 2012 6:36 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Whenever I'm feeling down, there's one surefire way to make me feel better.
That, of course, is watching this video of Buzz Aldrin punching Bart Sibrel in the face.
by BrianL on Feb 21, 2012 7:35 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Bart Sibrel deserves more
but at least he can say he was punched by a guy who stood on the moon.
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. - Al Swearengen
by Lo Pann on Feb 21, 2012 9:01 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
So so sweet.
I also love the utter pointlessness of what he’s doing. So if they do swear on the bible you will believe them? How is this supposed to end well?
by the other side on Feb 21, 2012 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
So I'm participating in a Mock GM League and I came across this:
Seahawks trade: Mebane, Branch, Browner, Moffitt, 11th round pick and 3rd round pick
Rams trade: 2nd overall pick, WR Danario Alexander, 6th round pick.
And this is the same guy that gave me Doug Baldwin for a 3rd and 6th round pick.
"You are the molders of their dreams." - Clark Mollenhoff
Speaking of mock leagues, I need a business partner for my Fantasy Dog Show league.
I checked, and this exists nowhere in the universe, but it’s dynamite!
There are seven breed groups— you start one in every breed group. Plus a flex of terrier/hound because those breeds are awesome. Six dogs on the bench, 15-round snake draft, you do all the circuits and culminate with the Westminster Dog Show.
What do you guys think? Genius, eh?
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
WOW.
I couldn’t follow Eequals post, then you blew him RIGHT OUT OF THE WATER with craziness.
I've put away the whiskey and the chainsaw and gone responsible. I'd like to say "Danny Kelly made me do it!" but that would be a lie. I chose to shave, put on a suit and tie and pretend I'm more important than I really am...
by Tyler Jorgensen on Feb 21, 2012 10:40 PM PST up reply actions
I'll put you down for a $5k investment.
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
I'm not sure how much traction this post will get
But I’ve been playing through Katawa Shoujo, and it’s a lot better than it had any right to be.
Pixar fans
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. - Al Swearengen
I left Pixar a long time ago
never really picked up on it
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Feb 23, 2012 9:34 AM PST up reply actions
Their CG problem is the same problem with every CG: the human characters.
The Incredibles got away with it by being hyper-stylized, but in general CGI animation still can’t past the uncanny valley with humans (and shit like Mars Needs Moms is not helping).
by Benne on Feb 23, 2012 10:21 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd for uncanny valley
Somehow I had heard of the phenomenon without ever hearing the phrase before.
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
LOVED the Incredibles.
In fact, why don’t I own that movie?!? Hmmm..
I've put away the whiskey and the chainsaw and gone responsible. I'd like to say "Danny Kelly made me do it!" but that would be a lie. I chose to shave, put on a suit and tie and pretend I'm more important than I really am...
by Tyler Jorgensen on Feb 23, 2012 5:25 PM PST up reply actions
More smart than entertaining, that's my verdict.
Ratatouille is the high-water mark for that studio.
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
Finding Nemo has always been my favorite.
I like em all though.
by the other side on Feb 24, 2012 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
That was actually pretty good, yeah.
Saw it in middle school, it was enjoyable.
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Feb 24, 2012 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
I saw Nemo... okay. Never saw Ratatouille.
I’m 36 with no kids. I TRY to watch pixar/cartoon/digitally created movies, but most just don’t “catch me”….
I've put away the whiskey and the chainsaw and gone responsible. I'd like to say "Danny Kelly made me do it!" but that would be a lie. I chose to shave, put on a suit and tie and pretend I'm more important than I really am...
by Tyler Jorgensen on Feb 25, 2012 1:37 AM PST up reply actions
For one reason or another, I always come back to WALL-E
Something about the story just gets me. And I always crack up at some point. Gotta love me some Pixar.
Long suffering, committed Seahawks/Packers fan
Cars 2 was a pile of shite
Just an awful movie.
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. - Al Swearengen
Having been treated to films like Up and Toy Story 3 in recent years
I can’t stomach sitting threw half baked garbage like that.
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. - Al Swearengen
Up was pretty down
TS3 never existed though, not sure what you’re talking about there.
I heard Wall-E was decent though, never saw it
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Feb 23, 2012 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
I think he's saying that Cars 2 was a huge step down after Up and TS3.
Which is the correct opinion.
Apparently PC 'got his ass kicked' in the calling heads/tails dept, according to JS
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Feb 24, 2012 7:04 PM PST up reply actions
huh?
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Feb 24, 2012 7:44 PM PST up reply actions
Oh
must’ve mis-heard Pittman on Bob and Groz
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Feb 25, 2012 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
Are you talking about launching in to space? Or Origin?
‘Cause I’ve resolved to just pirate it if I feel like it. Also, have you played Matrix: Path of Neo? Thompson’s in there, it’s hilarious
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Feb 24, 2012 7:44 PM PST up reply actions
What are you talking about here?
Bioware shitstorm? Jack Thompson? Fill me in…
I've put away the whiskey and the chainsaw and gone responsible. I'd like to say "Danny Kelly made me do it!" but that would be a lie. I chose to shave, put on a suit and tie and pretend I'm more important than I really am...
by Tyler Jorgensen on Feb 25, 2012 1:38 AM PST up reply actions
Long story short: one of the Bioware writers is a GIRRRLLLLL, and said some things.
Gamers respond like they always do in this situation: pathetic, misogynistic manchildren.
I thought it turned out she didn't say that stuff?
I remember a Reddit post about it but then it was retracted.
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. - Al Swearengen
To be perfectly honest
I hadn’t heard of this at all.
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Feb 25, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
Anyone just see Fringe?
I SOOOO HOPE IT ISN’T CANCELLED!!! Love the show.
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Feb 24, 2012 10:18 PM PST reply actions
Personally...this was Josh Jackson's best performance yet
hands down amazing
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Feb 24, 2012 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
Just watch it
I was starting to lose faith in what they have done this season untill this last 3 episodes, now i want more episodes. Stupid 4 week hiatus.
Anyone play Abobos Big Adventure
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. - Al Swearengen
Im watching The Lion King right now.
Is it ok for a grown man to cry over a cartoon Lions death? I remember spending an entire summer watching this. Remember when Disney couldn’t fail at animated movies?
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. - Al Swearengen
There is nothing wrong with that.
Also, Tangled was great, and I heard good things about Winnie The Pooh. Disney animation is slowly but surely coming back.
Tangled was awesome.
Winnie the Pooh was alright. What Id like to see is another Roger Rabbit movie.
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. - Al Swearengen
Robert Zemeckis' last movie (Mars Needs Moms) bombed so hard that Disney shut down his studio.
So a new Roger Rabbit movie is probably not happening any time soon.
That movie bombed in the title
Think about it: They included the word ‘Moms’ in the title of a movie aimed at a young male demographic. Any kid who actually wanted to see the film probably got beat up at school the next day.
"That's funny. I post here all the time and I never see (you) here."
- GreatGoogly, to John Morgan
"John Morgan IS Field Gulls, asshole!"
That's the kind of studio bullshit that assumes boys won't see a movie with "Princess" in the title.
Because, you know, not a single boy has ever seen The Princess Bride.
Mars Needs Moms didn’t fail because of the title. It failed because of the bad marketing, motion-capture fatigue, and just being a bad movie.
by Benne on Feb 26, 2012 12:20 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
For example, The Princess And The Frog did decently well
Considering that it was competing against the Avatar juggernaut. People weren’t put off by the title, they were desperate to see Disney return to its 2D roots, and for the most part they delivered.
The Princess Bride is one of the best movies ever.
Having said that I remember hearing the title of the movie at 5 years old and not wanting to see it due to my opinion that it would be a “girl movie” because the title included princess.
Still haven't seen it
what’s it about? I don’t care about spoilers
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Feb 26, 2012 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
Just rent it. I'm not sure you should be allowed to comment on the internet unless you've seen it.
Somehow though, you slipped through the cracks. Better remedy that with a watch before the internets ninjas come find you.
I've put away the whiskey and the chainsaw and gone responsible. I'd like to say "Danny Kelly made me do it!" but that would be a lie. I chose to shave, put on a suit and tie and pretend I'm more important than I really am...
by Tyler Jorgensen on Feb 26, 2012 12:37 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Seems like everyone's seen it
I’ll have to check it out…after Skyrim…and ME3…and stuff…
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Feb 26, 2012 6:04 PM PST up reply actions
You got me
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Feb 27, 2012 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
Book was VERY funny, funnier than the movie, even.
I've put away the whiskey and the chainsaw and gone responsible. I'd like to say "Danny Kelly made me do it!" but that would be a lie. I chose to shave, put on a suit and tie and pretend I'm more important than I really am...
by Tyler Jorgensen on Feb 27, 2012 9:46 PM PST up reply actions
There are so, so many things that I avoided for too long because of some silly misconception.
Princess Bride, Buffy, Angel, Princess Mononoke …
And then watch Spirited Away
Just saw Arriety the other day as well. It’s not in the class of the above two, but still quite good
by Craptastic-J on Feb 28, 2012 12:07 AM PST up reply actions
And I might have a rant about how Disney is terrible at marketing its Ghibli imports
But I’ll save that for another time.
100% agree
It can’t be that they want them to fail, because if it does well, Disney would make more money. But hey, who knows, maybe the lost money is worth it to them if it reduces Ghibli’s exposure\success. Or Disney has a group of terrible marketers in their import division.
Either way it’s a shame. Brave and Arriety are probably the only two animated movies I’m interested in this year, and one of those has a pretty good marketing campaign.
by Craptastic-J on Feb 28, 2012 6:29 PM PST up reply actions
I always think that's going to be a horror movie from the trailer.
[kid’s whispery voiceover] My mom always told me……..about the little people…….who live under the floor….
The animated polar bear swimming to his death in "An Inconvenient Truth" was unbearably sad for me.
So, yes.
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
I cried when the little tractor extender thingy (what do you call them?) that Gore was on rose so high he couldn't go any higher
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Feb 26, 2012 6:05 PM PST up reply actions
Since we are talking 80's and 90's and Cult Classics
how can we not forget the Evil Dead franchise.There’s nothing really much to say about it other than,awesome. Bubba Ho-tep is another great Campbell classic.
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. - Al Swearengen
The Iron Throne is mine by right.
They will bend the knee or I will destroy them.
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. - Al Swearengen
I am watching The Voice right now.
And quite frankly, I am addicted to this show. Why is this so fun to watch? (eff’ American Idol)
Ooooh look! There’s Cee Lo’s cat again!
Long suffering, committed Seahawks/Packers fan
Kings staying in Sacramento.
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7621128/sacramento-kings-strike-arena-deal-stay-city
Hello, New Orleans!!!
"You are the molders of their dreams." - Clark Mollenhoff
by EequalsMc2 on Feb 27, 2012 9:09 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Man, the Maloofs aren't putting much money into that arena deal.
But good for them. While I’m not against moving a team that’s struggling in their market (key there, struggling in their market), taking the felt wrong.
There’s still some other teams that are struggling, though. Teams with serious attendance issues that aren’t really viable in the cities they’re located in. Sacramento can support a basketball team. They just need a new arena.
I'm more surprised that the Maloofs got their shit together, given their reputation as drunken, gambling buffoons.
The good news is that the Hornets are still owned by the League, and the League hates owning teams, and as soon as a viable market+arena opens up, they’ll dump the Hornets on the first bidder.
I'd hate to get too speculative here, but I'd doubt that Chris Hansen would go public with such an elaborate arena deal unless he had backroom handshake talks with Stern and Bettman before-hand.
by Benne on Feb 27, 2012 10:24 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
This is my thinking as well.
Although it’s not totally absurd to think that going public without backroom handshakes would put exactly the right kind of pressure on the league to move the Hornets. Or on Milwaukee or Memphis to take a good hard look at their income statement(s).
I can.
I think it’s all a sham in order for Stern and the NBA to pressure current cities to build stadiums: “Build us a new arena with no cost to us, or we’ll ship your team to Seattle.”
CONSPIRACY!
So Seattle is to the NBA
as L.A. is to the NFL?
"That's funny. I post here all the time and I never see (you) here."
- GreatGoogly, to John Morgan
"John Morgan IS Field Gulls, asshole!"
Probably not a good comparison.
From what I heard, LA is pretty ambivalent about an NFL team—half of the city is transplants with their own rooting interests, and the other half have USC and the Chargers, who may come to LA anyway.
Kind of sad Dd Norton isn't playing Bruce Banner
but it looks good anyways. I look forward to Dark Knight Rises as well.
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. - Al Swearengen
Who is the enemy?
Looks like the snake turtle things from Dark of the Moon, right at the end of the trailer there
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Feb 29, 2012 3:01 PM PST up reply actions
Loki is the main villain.
Other than that, they’re keeping it under wraps, but I have my money on Skrulls appearing.
See, but they said no Skrulls already
I know Loki (the more mature Loki…whatever, heh) is the bad guy bad guy, but these mechanical alien bug things are going to be tearing apart Earth’s skyline.
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Mar 1, 2012 9:34 PM PST up reply actions
http://www.craveonline.com/film/articles/181747-no-red-skull-or-skrulls-in-the-avengers
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Mar 1, 2012 9:35 PM PST up reply actions
USA beats Italy in soccer!
I love it. Can’t fucking stand Italy. “Operatic shitbirds” my brother calls ’em.
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
I just look at their WW2 performance
their tanks were like Jeep Grand Cherokees with 50-cals on em, haha
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Feb 29, 2012 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG2mdZ23eP8&list=PLD080B8B1611D5573&index=1&feature=plcp
Tuesday can’t come soon enough.
"You are the molders of their dreams." - Clark Mollenhoff
Heart of Courage >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> defenders of Earth, or w/e the theme from Two Steps From Hell is called
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Mar 2, 2012 7:22 PM PST up reply actions
I had no idea John Carter
was that old. It looks like the same shit these recent movie have pulled out their ass lately. Maybe I’ll give it a chance since it does have a decent director at the helm.
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. - Al Swearengen
It has the look of "could be awesome" or "could be 10,000 BC meets StarGate, only more ridiculous."
I’m not sure what I think, but I know I had NO IDEA about the director, and that does add a new angle.
I've put away the whiskey and the chainsaw and gone responsible. I'd like to say "Danny Kelly made me do it!" but that would be a lie. I chose to shave, put on a suit and tie and pretend I'm more important than I really am...
by Tyler Jorgensen on Mar 3, 2012 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
Considering those are animated features
and the general public probably doesn’t even know cartoons HAVE directors, I don’t find it very surprising at all. I don’t think Finding Nemo has much appeal with this film’s target market either.
It's about name recognition.
The general public sees that tagline and goes “hey, those were good movies, this one should be good too.” It’s Film Marketing 101 shit, and Disney couldn’t even get that right.
It looks like it's after the crowd that thought "300" was a masterpiece, based on trailers and stuff.
If I’m a Disney exec, I don’t want Pixar vibes anywhere near it. People like us might respond to the director’s credentials (it encouraged me to not write the generic trailer off entirely, for example) but I can understand why they didn’t go that route.
Did the MI4 trailers mention Brad Bird or The Incredibles? Can’t recall.
The source material is every bit as pulpy as its legions of imitators like Flash Gordon and Star Wars.
Early reviews say that 10-year-olds will fucking love it. I think your 300 impressions are the marketer’s fault for not knowing what to go for.
What??!?!
This precedes Flash Gordon?!?
Wow. Yep, poor marketing. I had no idea. I thought it was just something they came up with.
I've put away the whiskey and the chainsaw and gone responsible. I'd like to say "Danny Kelly made me do it!" but that would be a lie. I chose to shave, put on a suit and tie and pretend I'm more important than I really am...
by Tyler Jorgensen on Mar 4, 2012 8:49 AM PST up reply actions
Here's what really confuses me
Why did it take so long for John Carter to get a proper movie? Burroughs’ other creation, Tarzan, has like 80 movies already. The fucking Asylum made a John Carter movie before Hollywood did. What gives?
A lot of delays, I think.
Apparently they couldn’t decided if they wanted this in live action or animated, and as the production stalled, the rights to the books moved between studios, causing more delays. That, in addition to a lack of funding for “special effects” too.
"You are the molders of their dreams." - Clark Mollenhoff
Awesome Simpsons Game of Thrones intro
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. - Al Swearengen
Just to throw it out there
cracked versions of ME3 in English (were a few in Russian earlier today, figures) just got posted online.
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Mar 5, 2012 3:07 PM PST reply actions
I got like 3/4 of the way through the intro mission 'fore I had to head out
Press loves the game, but y’all seen the user reviews? Holy shit. Literally. Bioware apparently made a shit game that doesn’t hold a rat’s shit to the rest of the series. That, plus recycled Deus Ex Machina storyline.
Fuck you, Bioware. If I play through this game and find out that these chumps were right and not just trolling the reviews….I’ll go all Batman on you all. Then I’ll go Batman on EA. Then, finally, I’ll go all Batman on Bioware again. Then on EA, again.
The cycle will continue, you horrid fuckers….if this is true, it will continue…
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Mar 6, 2012 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
The press is right, it's a damn good game.
The user reviews came from pissed off, entitled gamers that are still bizarrely mad about Dragon Age II, which wasn’t NEARLY as bad as they made it out to be. The vast majority of those reviews, quite literally, came out within minutes of the game going out.
One question, though: w/e happened to the Dialogue Wheel? They nuked that poor guy in ME3...so far...I'm at Palaven right now
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Mar 7, 2012 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
addendum: comparatively...he barely shows up
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Mar 7, 2012 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, well, what's so good about that?
Just sounds like another game.
I kid, I kid. It’s my favorite series ever, and the first game I’ve ever purchased early. I’ll be picking it up this weekend.
I've put away the whiskey and the chainsaw and gone responsible. I'd like to say "Danny Kelly made me do it!" but that would be a lie. I chose to shave, put on a suit and tie and pretend I'm more important than I really am...
by Tyler Jorgensen on Mar 7, 2012 10:40 PM PST up reply actions
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