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X/Zero, which was going to get in anyway, huh? Well, I never fail to nominate the guru pick so here's to a high seed and maybe some extra wins!

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Did it.

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C for all of them but Killer Elite, which I'd say A for. I just had to find out what "true" story it was based on to find out the obvious - it's all bs.

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Tag

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Shu is portrayed as the heroic side.

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Resevoir Dogs, though PF is more quotable.

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This isn't all that shocking. Ever since Hubble discovered that the universe is expanding, rather than staying constant as Einstein hypothesized, there's been a bit of a hole in general relativity. It's been filled with dark matter, which is stuff made from something other than atoms that can't be directly observed and is instead inferred by matter around it. Now I'm not saying this is all a bunch of bs, but it does sorta remind me of all the hoops people jumped through to try to prove everything revolved around the earth in perfect circles. To find a gap here and there doesn't shock me at all.

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okay

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You'll be on public record as having it? Umm. Yeah. The only real disadvantages are the same ones you'd face openly carrying and maybe the fact that it may not fit in with your wardrobe as it is.

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kevwaffles posted...
If you're going to get a gun, get a concealed weapons permit. The rules and restrictions you have to follow without it are ridiculous, and you will inevitably break the law without realizing it.

Unless you're in an open carry state.

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Way to go, Novara! Damn, that was awesome. Still not sure how they allowed that one goal, it was so sloppy. But hey, 3-1 over Inter Milan!

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I only ever thought of it as a tail... I am so confused in this topic now.

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Joost probably would have been great, but companies of that size (major networks) only look at the money. Hulu's model obviously made more. That's why a few Viacom properties (like the Daily Show and Colbert Report) even show up on Hulu. They could have revolutionized things but they didn't work hard enough to gain a solid audience and they didn't provide enough to incentive content providers.

Hate it if you must, but the alternative is one broken system or another (the later possibly being kept alive by Netflix).

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lordloki12 posted...
The streaming and dvd by mail services will have their own websites now which will not be integrated together which seems like a step back to me. Two searches now to make sure the movie you want to add to your dvd queue isnt already available for instant streaming. You would hope that they would find a way fix that if they get enough complaints. The addition of games by mail is interesting and might be worth coming back for depending on the price.

This will be a set-back for Netflix in the transitionary period. However, they seem to be banking on the fact that one of those services will be in demand for years to come and one won't. Considering the fact that the Netflix name will be associated with the streaming side of the equation, it's obvious where they see things going.

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TheCodeisBosco posted...
They're adding games? Whoa, that's actually pretty cool. Hulu+ might not kill Netflix just yet!

I love Hulu and have Hulu+ and never once thought they were anywhere close to challenging, let alone killing, Netflix. If you're a movie lover Hulu is pretty hit-or-miss. Even if a movie you love gets on Hulu, it may not be there when you actually want to watch it.

If you're a TV-lover, you are limited to the three major networks and the cable channels they are associated with. Anything other than ABC/NBC/Fox and their close affiliates is unrepresented. No CBS/HBO/Showtime. And those last two, well, they are often the big dogs in dvd show rentals.

So right now Hulu is basically an alternative to a cable television subscription. On the other-hand, Netflix is the alternative to an old-school video store account. Disney (ABC) owns a huge chunk of Hulu but you can't get Toy Story off of Hulu. You might get at least one (or all) of them off of Netflix.

At this point, the different goals of each company involved with Hulu and their insistence of making as much now as possible keeps them from fully utilizing Hulu. There's a ton of content that could, even should, be on the service that isn't because it's really used as a promotional tool for the service (cable) that is dying hard right now. Hulu is really "well, you won't pay for our traditional delivery methods and we won't give them up, so here's a compromise of sorts." On the other hand Netflix has been "you'd pay for traditional delivery methods but more convenient ones exist too." And they are more consistent in what they can deliver.

This split may actually be bad for them. I think, honestly, it's a chance for them to create a forward-thinking company and a past-trends company. One that will take advantage of going forward and one that will eventually be destroyed by catering to people who resist change. In other words, they see loses coming in the future and refuse to take them on small gains today. Quickster is, in essence, a way to write off the loses Netflix would have to face when the day comes that people don't care about physical media for rental.

Meanwhile, Hulu doesn't care much about trends at all. They aren't worried that old revenue streams will dry up or that new ones will be opened. They exist to cater to what they believe is and will be a small segment of the market that is looking for an alternative venue. ABC, NBC, and Fox don't think that their cable broadcasts are going anywhere, but at the least they're willing to hedge their bets.

Gamefly is the only company to be impacted by this news. in the end. Netflix getting into video games is bad for them and they're already in a bad position.

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Netflix: "Yeah, physical media is barely relevant going forward. People haven't caught on yet, but we'll stay ahead of the trend by separating the two and keep the well-known brand name where we believe the money is."

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Hm. Still trying to grok everything I read, but initial impressions.

There is definitely a left-leaning bias in Universities. It's really not that bad, though. There was only one class where I felt my personal opinions ever actually hurt me, and it was taught by someone who was mostly a women's studies teacher (though it was an English class). I simply wrote whatever I thought she wanted to hear after the first couple of assignments and aced it, yet I argued my own opinion in class (90% discussion-based) and had a lot of people agreeing with what I said. Good enough.

To say these institutions brain-wash people is to under-estimate your fellow man. They were brain-washed by their parents long before they could ever attend college/university.

@Metroid - Thanks for the clarification on liberal/conservative. The use of those words has been an issue throughout my life in many ways. That aside, I'd like to talk about two conspiracy theories from the 1960's. One was the assassination of JFK. The records being locked up for 75 years to protect the people involved, that sounds really bad. There's not a lot of evidence available to the public period, but the government hiding what they could have had looks pretty bad. Were top-level government or military personnel involved? Who knows?

Operation Northwoods. A plan for false-flag attacks on the U.S. in order to justify a war with Cuba. Well, ya know, there's clearly documented evidence that no one denies anymore that says that **** was real. Top-level military personnel were planning to carry out terrorist attacks to justify a war against Cuba... "just in case." And one of those plans happened to be exactly the same as the scenario that justified out entry into Vietnam, BTW.

To say that elements of the government would never attack their own people to get what they want is naive. Extremely naive. When their plans go public and they stop denying the fact that they made those plans that's an admission of guilt, and if they thought about it once why couldn't they have done it once or more? I'm not saying I agree with every conspiracy theory, but I will say none of them are crazy until proven absolutely false. And since the 9/11 records are sealed up for so long I may never see them in my lifetime, that book isn't closed.

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Mastermind: 15
Conqueror: 12
Socialiser: 10
Seeker: 7
Achiever: 5
Daredevil: 2
Survivor: -3

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yes

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Well, apparently he listened slightly more to the "rape" jokes about what he and Lucas were doing.

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Watch 12 Angry Men. Proceed from there as you must.

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I'm drinking coke and vodka, but my cup is empty. I'll take another.

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Zelda, easily.

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Damn, that's cool. If I was as young as the kids in the video I'd have had the same reaction.

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SmartMuffin posted...
You guys are way way overreacting to this! As if you've never had weird dreams. This probably isn't even in my Top 5 weirdest!

Dear god...

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ChichiriMuyo posted...
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My psychology professor said that in our dreams, we do things we would do in real life under the same circumstances.

Either your psychology professor is incorrect, or I've simply forgotten all the times I've walked up off the ground and into the sky, as well as the times I've looked behind someone else's eyes, or even that one where I sawed the legs off of a horse to make my car go faster.

If your car could go faster if you cut off a horse's legs and you found one you could do that to with no repercussions and you were in a situation where the act wouldn't disgust you, wouldn't you do it? I would. Now, none of those things are true, so obviously I wouldn't. But if they were the only result would be a faster car. which would be awesome. His Psych professor isn't saying these are things you'd just do, or that they are even possible, they are things you'd do if the circumstances that make these actions possible existed. If you could just walk into the sky I sure as hell bet you would.

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They are on VC? Huh. I just searched on GF. Apparently, they no longer list games on VC as being on the Wii. When did this happen?

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Shining Force 1 + 2

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But you don't disagree. You just use different words to define the experience. I tried to be more diplomatic, saying that the movie didn't "resonate" (rather than "click" [haha]) with audiences. We both recognize it wasn't great. Or good, or whatever. But we both agree that the movie wasn't entirely unwatchable.

Bucky Larson is, though (admittedly from previews alone).

Bad Adam Sandler > Fake Adam Sandler.

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Which is why I pointed out the difference between him and Williams. He did his thing, realized it was played out after awhile (and that audiences weren't going to pay for the same thing over and over again), and tried some other roles. I'm not knocking him. I'm saying that this movie is from the alternate reality where he didn't realize these things and, also, had less charisma to begin with. Though there is "You Don't Mess With the Zohan"... so it's not like he abandoned that dry well altogether.

Regardless, he has branched out, while this current movie from his production company plays off of what he himself knows just wont work anymore. Now, "Click" didn't resonate with audiences because of its heavy-handed (dark) moralistic view, but that movie was at least considered watchable. This Bucky crap, just no. Basically you've got a production company with a star trying to find his place in the world after his one gimmick has become passe and at the same time trying to find someone who can carry that old gimmick for him because he doesn't believe in it any more..

You absolutely can put Adam Sandler in a different type of movie and get great results (punch drunk love, anyone?) and even his mediocre attempts aren't that bad in any way. But this attempt to clone the past him for current audiences? Nope. Just not going to work.

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Also, as a fluent speaker of English, I could see how that could easily be meant as a joke by someone who is (obviously) struggling to communicate in a second language.

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To be fair, she's from China. Their government hides so much from their people that even if there were men rearing children they wouldn't let anyone know. You could ask her "are there nukes in North Korea" and her answer would be the same - essentially "I don't know, I've never seen a news report about it."

Okay, MAYBE they have heard about that. Maybe. But if they did, it was probably blamed on America and Europe and treated as a national threat to China alone. I mean, you don't pay hundreds of thousands of people to create misinformation on the internet at a moments notice for nothing.

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TheRock1525 posted...
Lots of moderations.

Lots and lots, apparently. I've had my fair share and my account is ~45 days younger and I have way, way more.

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TheRock1525 posted...
I miss mid 90's Sandler. Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore are among some of my favorite movies.

Well sure, that was before his shtick ran its course. But if he made those movies 15 years into his career with some other hypothetical greats under his belt, they probably would not hold up so well. And if you gave the lead to someone with half the talent and even less of the charisma, well, you'd get Bucky Larson.

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Paratroopa1 posted...
And yet, 34% of users on Rotten Tomatoes liked it?

34% of RT users went with a small group of friends, were in the theater alone, and got to make fun of it the whole time making the experience many times better than it would have been if they had to "respect" other viewers.

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The Real Truth posted...
Oh wow he's credited as a writer.

Does this really surprise you? The first thing I thought when I saw the trailer for the first time was "this is really like a terribly bad Adam Sandler flick from the 90's, except without Adam Sandler." It's exactly the sort of movie he'd star in if, much like Robin Williams, he simply didn't get the fact that the shtick ran its course more than a decade ago.

Also, it probably would have gotten better than 0% on Rotten Tomatoes if he did star in it, for his sheer charisma alone (which is in comparison to the absolute zero charisma of the movie's actual star).

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Female, yes. But where are the boobs?

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This is DoA? Where are the boobs? This is not DoA. There are no boobs. Boobs are not the only reason to play DoA, but they are the reason to play DoA over many similar games with fewer boobs. They had better show boobs soon, or they could lose their fanbase to other, similar games that have a lessened focus on boobs.

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"did the developers really think I'll travel back through a freakin dungeon for a red rupee chest?"

You would have in a much smaller world. If that were an option in The Legend of Zelda, I'd abuse the hell out of it. Especially in the second quest. But there's a difference between a dungeon you can navigate in 5-10 minutes in a world where it'd take longer to get that kind of cash and one where you can get as much or more from regular play while navigating a dungeon takes several times the effort.

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C
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That was funny. Now looking up immortal dog.

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http://www.allfreecrafts.com/crochet/tamoshanter.shtml

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Do they look like these?

http://shopping.aol.com/articles/2010/11/18/cloche-hats/

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Description lacking. Are they knitted, or made of more canvas-like materials?

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Just put them in their cases when you're done with them. How hard is that?

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KYLE
Speaking against censorship in "Cartoon Wars Part II"

KYLE
Splitting game-career paths with Stan in "Guitar Q****-O"

KENNY
Hitting Butters with his ninja-star in "Good Times With Weapons"

KENNY
Taking Home Economics at school instead of Shop in "Tweek Vs. Craig"

CARTMAN
Giving himself Tourette's Syndrome in "Le Petit Tourette"

TOWELIE
Writing an autobiography in "A Million Little Fibers"

WENDY
Kissing Cartman during the school debate in "Chef Goes Nanners"

MS. CARTMAN
Training Cartman with Cesar Millan in "Tsst"

SATAN
Having his birthday party in "Hell on Earth 2006"

CHEF
Selling and singing about his chocolate salty balls in "Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls"

JIMBO AND NED
Saying "Hey, look out son, that's dangerous. You're gonna spill your beer" in "Volcano"

SADDAM HUSSEIN
Posing as the Prime Minister of Canada before being caught in "It's Christmas in Canada"

IKE
Learning to ski by the Pizza/French Fries-technique in "Asspen"

CLYDE
Ditching World of Warcraft for looking at a Playboy magazine in "Make Love, Not Warcraft"

CRAIG
*Flipping people off, first seen in "Rainforest Shmainforest"

BUTTERS
Creating Professor Chaos in "Professor Chaos"

KENNY'S PARENTS
Being awakened by Mysterion in "Mysterion Rises"

KENNY'S PARENTS
Giving birth to another Kenny, first seen in "Cartman Joins NAMBLA"

OFFICER BARBRADY
Requesting the usual at Tweek's dad's coffee-shop (a slap to the face with a cat) in "Gnomes"

JESUS
Being a leader of Imaginationland in "Imaginationland, Episode 3"

CELEBRITIES
John Edward becoming the biggest douche in the universe in "The Biggest Douche in the Universe"

CELEBRITIES
Cesar Millan training Cartman through-out "Psst"

OTHER
Mr. Slave taking Lemmiwinks into his body mid-class in "Death Camp of Tolerance"

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"Principally I hate and detest the animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas and so forth" - Jonathan Swift
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Yes

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I couldn't watch it all. I just... couldn't do it. I know it's just a video, but it's terrifying.

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