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Dysorderia 
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first post.
yay.
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Sir? May I recommend I load myself into the reverse-thrust tubes and you use my body as decoy-fodder? This will, of course leave me splattered across deep space and unable to complete today's laundry, for which I apologise in advance.
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editor
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um Detnet thanks you.
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kuru
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Posted on: Apr. 16 2002,15:49 |
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I found I was very disappointed with Vanilla Sky, and that The Time Machine would've been a good movie except that they stopped making it in the middle, but A Beautiful Mind was wonderful. I've recently developed an taste for Dream Theatre, but my distaste for "Eminem" is still growing. Fahrenheit 451 is as always a good book, but once you figure out John Grisham's single plot outline, his books are shit.
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'dancing is the vertical expression of horizontal desire.'
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Beldurin
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| Quote (kuru @ 16 April 2002,09:49) | | I found I was very disappointed with Vanilla Sky, and that The Time Machine would've been a good movie except that they stopped making it in the middle, but A Beautiful Mind was wonderful. I've recently developed an taste for Dream Theatre, but my distaste for "Eminem" is still growing. Fahrenheit 451 is as always a good book, but once you figure out John Grisham's single plot outline, his books are shit. |
She just covered the entire gammut of media in one post.
Wow...
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If someone's ungrateful and you tell him he's ungrateful, okay, you've called him a name.
You haven't solved anything.
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1LT
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Posted on: Apr. 16 2002,17:57 |
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Finally got to see Black Hawk Down. I remember someone complaining about "war porn". I'd have to disagree. That was professional development. A lot better than We Were Soldiers. Unfortunately, interesting films rarely make it on post. Last really good film I saw was Memento.
Hmmm....Kuru's into prog-metal. Somehow, I'm not seeing it. For some reason, I always pictured something a little more intense.
Off topic- I'm not fan of Widows 2000 Professional. Commo damn near killed our database. We almost ran them through a tainted anthrax vaccination series.
I killed my car. I've since resuscitated the beater. I'm stragely elated. It's time to run it into a tree, that thing is fugly.
Suggestions on what to buy next? (No Trabants)
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kuru
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Posted on: Apr. 16 2002,18:20 |
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I like everything except rap, r&b, top 40 and country.
That means I like everything from Ozzy to Strawberry Alarm Clock to Beethoven to Gregorian Chant.
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'dancing is the vertical expression of horizontal desire.'
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veistran
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Posted on: Apr. 16 2002,21:57 |
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| Quote (1LT @ 16 April 2002,11:57) | Finally got to see Black Hawk Down. I remember someone complaining about "war porn". I'd have to disagree. That was professional development. A lot better than We Were Soldiers. Unfortunately, interesting films rarely make it on post. Last really good film I saw was Memento.
Hmmm....Kuru's into prog-metal. Somehow, I'm not seeing it. For some reason, I always pictured something a little more intense.
Off topic- I'm not fan of Widows 2000 Professional. Commo damn near killed our database. We almost ran them through a tainted anthrax vaccination series.
I killed my car. I've since resuscitated the beater. I'm stragely elated. It's time to run it into a tree, that thing is fugly.
Suggestions on what to buy next? (No Trabants) |
filthy said it first, but I aree with him whole heartedly and was the one that said it on here... I think he got it best in this bit
| Quote | Blackhawk Down starts with a slow introduction to the characters, the Delta Rangers, who "are undisciplined cowboys." I swear to God, a character says that tired-ass line, just so we know these guys are like every other American movie war hero. There are some vague references to the fighting in Somalia, to actual events, and some uncertainty among the soldiers about our presence. But, no point is ever made strongly, because to take a stand is to alienate some segment of the ticket buyers. The soldiers are straight out of central casting; we know the guy who talks about his wife and kids is going to die, and the goofy guy (Ewan McGregor) who wants to prove himself will do just that.
Then comes the dense bulk of the movie: 90-fucking minutes of explosions. It looks great, real, bloody, violent and chaotic. In fact, Blackhawk Down does an amazing job of showing that war is all chaos and new decisions that must be made every minute. It's never cartoonish. In fact, Scott loves to make it as gritty and bloody as possible. He makes sure we understand that the American fighters are in a lot of pain; screaming, squirting blood and slowly passing away. By contrast, the Somalians drop like flies. Every single one of them dies an instant and painless death. But the Americans suffer through torn limbs, ripped arteries and deafness. A half-hour of this would be fine, but ninety minutes is relentless. It goes past the point where I thought "Wow, war is a mess," to "okay, I get the point," to "fuck, I hope Rubio's is still open when this is done."
Bruckheimer and Scott are like the priests who tell you how destructive pornography is, then tell you what kinds of pornography are worst, describe the most vile acts you can find in pornography and then pull out examples from their dog-eared private stash.
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ic0n0
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mooo!
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Jimi
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| Quote (ic0n0 @ 17 April 2002,01:54) | | mooo! |
That is very possibly the most universal comment anybody could possibly write in a post, I mean you can answer any question with it.
What is your name?
Mooo
What is your quest?
Mooo
What is your favourite colour?
Mooo
It's just plain genius!
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Beldurin
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Posted on: Apr. 17 2002,14:49 |
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| Quote (Jimi @ 17 April 2002,03:38) | | Quote (ic0n0 @ 17 April 2002,01:54) | | mooo! |
That is very possibly the most universal comment anybody could possibly write in a post, I mean you can answer any question with it.
What is your name?
Mooo
What is your quest?
Mooo
What is your favourite colour?
Mooo |
Aha, Mr. Bond, your own example disproves your theory.
What is the capitol of Assyria?
Mooo
*aaaaaaahhhhhh*
Edit: with as much as I nail other ppl for not knowing the difference between your and you're, you would think I could get it right my own posts, wouldn't you?
Edited by Beldurin on Jan. 01 1970,01:00
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If someone's ungrateful and you tell him he's ungrateful, okay, you've called him a name.
You haven't solved anything.
-- zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance
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