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jackspencerjr
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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 Posted - 03/28/2006 : 9:51:25 PM
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| I suddenly don't feel so bad about hating Fargo. I would mock it, but the only thing I can say about that movie is that it's unmemorable. I remember not laughing a lot. At stuff the filmmakers thought was funny. |
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New Hinda
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Israel
469 Posts |
Posted - 03/29/2006 : 12:49:53 AM
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Originally posted by nshumate
Here's a helpful hint, guys: When you leave a movie in a theater before the end, you're entitled to get your money back. The theater owner will ask you why (he has to); you can simply say, "It wasn't what I expected," and that's good enough. ("Flaming bag of poo" works too.)
You will have wasted an hour of your life or more, but at least your money will be back in your pocket.
Nathan Shumate
http://www.coldfusionvideo.com
Or better, just complain that the print was scratched, the projector bulb was too dim, the picture was out of focus and framed wrong, a speaker was out and the assistant manager was clearly visible jerking off in the booth and you're never coming back to this lousy theater in your life. You'll get your money back because unless you have a miraculously nice theater most if not all of these things will be true.
(BTW that last thing really happened once too, at a theater I was working at.)
In the days before video, I used to go to the revival houses to watch oldies-but-goldies and often they WERE using a lousy print. The first time I saw GONE WITH THE WIND, the soundtrack was in such lousy condition, I couldn't follow the story. Ditto for STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. |
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Culfy
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
United Kingdom
113 Posts |
Posted - 03/29/2006 : 4:28:24 PM
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Dukes of Hazzard is the only movie I've ever walked out of.
The question being, of course, why did I walk into it in the first place?
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Notes from a small cavy
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MikeC
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
749 Posts |
Posted - 03/30/2006 : 09:01:08 AM
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Originally posted by Culfy
Dukes of Hazzard is the only movie I've ever walked out of.
The question being, of course, why did I walk into it in the first place?
Two reasons:
Jessica Simpson.
At least until she started talking.
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Gristle McThornbody
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
Germany
186 Posts |
Posted - 03/30/2006 : 9:29:10 PM
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Am I the only heterosexual male for whom Jessica Simpson does absolutely nothing? To me she seems fake, doll-like, not quite human. Like if you hit her with a flame thrower, her polymer outer shell would liquefy and run, exposing the fembot mechanisms underneath.
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Edited by - Gristle McThornbody on 03/30/2006 9:30:00 PM |
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Sardu
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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Posted - 03/30/2006 : 9:33:13 PM
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Originally posted by Gristle McThornbody
Am I the only heterosexual male for whom Jessica Simpson does absolutely nothing? To me she seems fake, doll-like, not quite human. Like if you hit her with a flame thrower, her polymer outer shell would liquefy and run, exposing the fembot mechanisms underneath.
I actually agree with you, but if I ever actually had some kind of shot at her there's no way I'd be passing it up, and neither would you. *g* I like girls with a little geek appeal though, like Kari on Mythbusters. Or Lisa Loeb. |
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hbrennan
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Philippines
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Posted - 03/31/2006 : 12:14:51 PM
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Sardu wrote:
like girls with a little geek appeal though, like Kari on Mythbusters. Or Lisa Loeb.
For me, it was always Bailey (Jan Smithers) fom "WKRP in Cincinnati"
Henry "Showing My Age" Brennan
"...yet it hadn't destroyed his brain."
re: Charles "The Butcher" Benton (1956)
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MikeC
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
749 Posts |
Posted - 03/31/2006 : 12:41:47 PM
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I admit it: I find Jessica Simpson visually diverting.
I am from NJ, and the whole big hair & overinflated
other parts strikes a chord.
And yet: I was always slightly more attracted to
Jan Smithers on WKRP (though don't get me wrong:
in her day Loni Anderson was what Jessica Simpson
can only dream of being), and to this day Keira
Knightley makes me feel like when we used to climb
the rope in gym class.
What it comes down to is: a pretty girl is a pretty
girl, no matter what shape she comes in.
MikeC, Lisa Loeb? Maybe. Kary Byron... AW HELL YEAH!!!!!! |
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BradH812
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1294 Posts |
Posted - 03/31/2006 : 6:31:31 PM
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Originally posted by Sardu
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Originally posted by Gristle McThornbody
Am I the only heterosexual male for whom Jessica Simpson does absolutely nothing? To me she seems fake, doll-like, not quite human. Like if you hit her with a flame thrower, her polymer outer shell would liquefy and run, exposing the fembot mechanisms underneath.
I actually agree with you, but if I ever actually had some kind of shot at her there's no way I'd be passing it up, and neither would you. *g* I like girls with a little geek appeal though, like Kari on Mythbusters. Or Lisa Loeb.
Jessica Simpson is about ten seconds' worth of eye candy. The appeal wears off when you realize that's all there is.
Lisa Loeb? Yep. Geeky-sexy all the way. Same with Kari from Mythbusters, although I've always been more attracted to Scottie. Something about the tattooed bad girl in pigtails (who welds and plays in a punk band) that gets my heart going ba-bump ba-bump ba-bump. |
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Sardu
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
1126 Posts |
Posted - 03/31/2006 : 6:58:11 PM
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| Scottie works too, especially when she's arc welding. I didn't know she plays in a band- that's a plus, for sure. |
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Terrahawk
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
644 Posts |
Posted - 04/01/2006 : 09:15:49 AM
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Does "Solaris" count since I fell asleep watching it? I like brainy sci-fi and don't need explosions or fights every couple of minutes, but in "Solaris" nothing happens. You show up on a space station where everyone has a double and your dead wife suddenly appears and it's ho-hum.
The ROPe gives you three options, convert, submit, or die. There is a fourth, resist. |
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Gristle McThornbody
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
Germany
186 Posts |
Posted - 04/01/2006 : 7:43:28 PM
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Originally posted by Terrahawk
Does "Solaris" count since I fell asleep watching it? I like brainy sci-fi and don't need explosions or fights every couple of minutes, but in "Solaris" nothing happens. You show up on a space station where everyone has a double and your dead wife suddenly appears and it's ho-hum.
The ROPe gives you three options, convert, submit, or die. There is a fourth, resist.
I agree with you on "Solaris". I didn't walk out, but did find myself checking my watch quite often. I wanted to enjoy it, I really did - an intelligent sci-fi film is released so rarely - but snoooooooooooze.
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BradH812
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1294 Posts |
Posted - 04/01/2006 : 9:06:31 PM
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Originally posted by Terrahawk
Does "Solaris" count since I fell asleep watching it? I like brainy sci-fi and don't need explosions or fights every couple of minutes, but in "Solaris" nothing happens. You show up on a space station where everyone has a double and your dead wife suddenly appears and it's ho-hum.
The ROPe gives you three options, convert, submit, or die. There is a fourth, resist.
Aw, HELL no, guys! Me loves Solaris! You oughtta get a load of the original, which was a full hour longer. (Actually, me kinda likes that one too.) |
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Sardu
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
1126 Posts |
Posted - 04/02/2006 : 12:12:15 AM
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I'm all about the Solaris remake- I've been a huge fan of Stanislaw Lem since I was a kid and this version was reasonably accurate to the source material. I found the Russian version of the film turgid though.
Coming soon-
Eraserhead: The Musical!! |
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Terrahawk
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
644 Posts |
Posted - 04/02/2006 : 07:13:02 AM
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Originally posted by BradH812
Aw, HELL no, guys! Me loves Solaris! You oughtta get a load of the original, which was a full hour longer. (Actually, me kinda likes that one too.)
That would give me an extra hour of sleep. :-)
The Soviets could live with the longer version since it was better than their existence. :-)
Sorry, but the film is completely lifeless. Clooney is an automaton in the film. There's no sense of the madness from such a situation. The Twilight Zone has done better with similar themes.
The ROPe gives you three options, convert, submit, or die. There is a fourth, resist. |
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