galadiman
-
Posts
1078 -
Joined
-
Quote:Machete will disprove this assertion ONCE. AND. FOR. ALL.Originally Posted by BlackArachnia
As pretentious as Eat, Pray, Love..
It will be a decent rental though I admit the FX alone are going to be awesome on the big screen. And I hate to burst anyone's testosterone bubble, but movies with that much ego rarely do well in theatre. despite being favorites.
Now, fortunately for me, my fiance would prefer The Expendables to Eat, Pray, Love. I mean, seriously, that is definately a rental at best.
And thankfully, my wife also feels the same way about movies. YAY ME! -
To be technically correct, some of these are assonance.
(hehe, I said assonance.)
(Actually, I think they modified the definition of alliteration to include assonance.)
(hehe, I said assonance again.) -
Since I'm bored, I'll weigh in.
I suppose the 'soloer' might take a new POV: What if these were HIS FRIENDS he was playing with? If he was playing with friends, and they didn't like him doing what he was doing, would he just disregard them, or would he choose to delay that particular form of gratification (pause) until another time, perhaps when he was soloing?
In the end (pause) the team leader gets to kick people if he wants. I think of that as somewhat extreme, but it is his right if he wants, just as it is the right of others to quit if they don't like the leader's policies. Golden Rule also helps. And I'm out. -
Grats Bill! It makes me sad you don't love Illusion - one of my favorite ATs.
-
Archery/Cold Blaster. Then, Ill/Rad Controller. (Or Rad/Electric Defender.) Then, Archery/Mental blaster. Then, Stone/Stone tank.
-
Quote:I am unable to read this text in any voice other than mechano-robot voice. /win.Originally Posted by Westley
-
Nice ones, Steel. But I have to ask, is this referring to the Big Hami, the Mini Hami, or the baby Hami pet we're all going to get with GR? (I wish - there I go again, startin' trouble!)
-
Quote:This is TOTALLY wrong.Originally Posted by Bionic_Flea
Supply will go down, and prices will go up.
Then supply will go up and prices will go down.
Then it will happen again.
The EXACT OPPOSITE will occur.
Supply will go UP, and prices will go DOWN.
Then supply will go DOWN and prices will go UP.
Then it will happen again.
I can't believe you made this mistake. I thought better of you. Sheeeeesh.
Oh, wait.
-
Quote:Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
I couldn't entirely care less if the reason they were doing it is because they siphon our joy weepings into their grim chalices, mixing with the blood of infants that were born seeing pain and terror before seeing their own mothers.
My markets are getting merged, bizzlenitches.
Actually, that would be pretty sweet.
Also, your your decidedly unusual phrases confuse and frighten me. I am not sure that I would qualify as a "bizzlenitch".
Finally, YAY for Market Merge! -
Quote:Wow, what a great set of CC emotes!!Originally Posted by Street_Wolf
Personally, I really like the Dimension Shift one.
-
Also, I almost forgot, Steelclaw, You Rule.
-
How many Hamidon does it take, Anyone? Entertain me!
-
Quote:Yeah, that was truly inspired. /e bow.Originally Posted by Bubbawheat
How many Hero PuG members does it take to change a light bulb?
Let's see, The tanker tries to herd the new lighbulbs up to the light socket, The defender is just standing around with their heal aura on auto, the blaster somehow faceplanted, The scrapper has moved on to the next lightbulb down the hall, the controller cages the new lightbulb so no one can get to it, and everyone eventually quits before it gets changed. -
(ex-post-facto) Congrats guys! Now, remember the secret to a good marriage:
She ALWAYS wins EVERY argument.
You may not want to admit this.
You may not find this out until YEARS later.
You may have posed a well structured and logically cogent argument.
However,
the sooner you come to terms with this simple truism,
the more harmonious and amicable your union will be.
I keed, I keed!
-
Quote:That was the most colossally dangling preposition I have ever witnessed.Originally Posted by BafflingBeerMan
I agree. Except for the Super Bowl, I can't remember the last time at least a few ads were tailored specifically for the show it was airing during.
Kudos to the new champion of the City of Grammatical Villains. I bow at the feet of greatness.
-
Quote:I can't imagine it was unintentional - I missed it the first time, and my wife was watching it for the first time on DVR (I stopped about 50 minutes in to watch 24) and at that part, she laughed out loud. Watching it again, the timing seems unmistakeable - it seems he pauses just long enough for the laugh, like he realized the joke when he said it aloud.Originally Posted by BafflingBeerMan
I don't think so, though my memory is also shoddy. I think he just says they are no longer candidates, elbows Ben, and gets out of there.
I do love it when he says "I heard Desmond is down a well. I'm here to save him. Looks like someone beat us to him. Oh, well."
Maybe an unintentional pun, but I dig
I haven't rewatched the whole thing again, but I did see that first bit - I was struck in particular by the impact of the music on the scene with Rose and Bernard - ignoring the music makes the scene almost boring; focusing on the music there makes Locke seem preternaturally threatening. If/when I rewatch the whole series, I expect that the music will be much more interesting... -
Quote:... and BBM will pursue a future as a Hollywood Agent. The most Ebil Supervillain of them All.Originally Posted by BafflingBeerMan
Regarding future careers, here is my assessment:
Seriously, nice collection there. Looking forward to Hawaii Five-O! -
Quote:Wouldn't it be better to do Hurley and Sawyer? So Sawyer could bust out a sharp nickname every ep? (It went from 'mean' to 'buddy' at some point)Originally Posted by ThugOne
Hurley&Ben; the mystery man with the heart of gold and the schemer who'd sell his own mother to get what he wants. They're nothing alike. They have a secret Island base.
And together... THEY FIGHT CRIME!
<ducking and running now....>
(list stolen from this site: http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...names_for.html
Avalanche
Barbar
Deep Dish
Grape Ape
Grimace
Hoss
Hulk
International House of Pancakes
Jabba
Jethro
JumboTron
*****
Muttonchops
Pillsbury
Rerun
Snuffy
Stay Puft
Three Men & a Baby -
Quote:And also reduce wingtip vortices.Originally Posted by Father Xmas
Which save on fuel and improve take-off distances.
I like to get my Aerospace on.
-
Quote:You said it right, brutha.Originally Posted by Klatteja
...but I dunno; women are still a mystery to me.
-
Quote:I don't have a lot of pity for that guy - barring a death in the family, or similar level trauma/emergency, or a last minute substitution, it sounds like he was sent out to report on one of the biggest shared pop culture events in a VERY long time, and he didn't prepare for the job. I suspect his reporting might have been a wee bit better had he actualy seen the lead-up episodes...Originally Posted by BafflingBeerMan
Oh, something funny from last night: the local news had their lead story as the finale of Lost. They sent a reporter out to broadcast from a Lost party as they watched the finale. The reporter said he was a few episodes behind so he had to ignore the finale. Then they had him interview someone to get their opinions and he again said he hadn't watched the last few episodes yet.
How much does that stink? Some people hate going into work because their coworkers might spoil an episode they missed. For this guy, work was forcing him to be spoiled! -
Quote:He speaketh sooth. [Edit: I mean Zikar, not the OP with the unusual explanation.]Originally Posted by Zikar
Because you just gave an entirely different explanation to what most of us got?
-
Well, pre-show, I was hoping for
1) a non-Purgatory-esque-ending, I thought that would be a cop-out,
2) some strong explanations for the physical/scientific discontinuities/time travel/inconsistencies,
3) revelations about the philosophical, literary, and social shout-outs/easter-eggs that were dropped in so often.
I think a lot of those pre-show hopes were dashed. We actually did get a bit of a Purgatory ending, though not from the direction expected. And we didn’t really get many answers to the scientific /etc. inconsistencies (though the Purgatory situation explains a lot of them). And there will be many philosophical/etc. easter-eggs that will leave us asking whether the writers really knew whether their apparent intended ‘implications’ matched our ‘inferences.’ And after reading nearly every one of Doc Jensen’s detailed analyses of each episode of the show, (very worthwhile reading, Google it and lose a month of your life), there were many thousands of references that may never be answered.
And yet, I found myself, both during and after the show, completely and utterly blown away by the quality of this episode. I was surprised to find out how much I cared about these characters, and how much more I cared about them than I did about the Science/plot details.
And as many good TV shows as there have been throughout the years, this is undeniably in the top 3 Best of All Time, and after some more reflection, I may decide that for me, it has been the Best. It has certainly been, by far, the most intellectually stimulating show in TV history. It also seems to say a lot about society, and humanity. (And I Love that they directly, at least twice, DISassociated Religion and Faith/Spirituality. A theme that resonates with me.)
I watched it without my wife (she’s obsessed with Castle Age, and will watch tonight on DVR), and I found myself brought to tears many times:
Claire/Kate/Aaron;
Claire/Charlie;
Hurley reuniting Sayid with Shannon, and redeeming him thusly;
Sun and Jin flashing, and “learning” English ;
Sawyer Punk-popping Ben in the grill and taking the gun, (That was so funny I laughed until I cried!)
Hurley taking the mantle (When he said “Better Him than Me…”,about Jack taking the mantle, I said aloud to my wife, “That’s a lie.” I was off, but only by a little. ;
Sawyer/Juliet;
Locke moving his feet right after the surgery, and completely freaking Jack out;
Jack/Kate/Casket;
Ben and Hurley at the end;
Ben and Locke at the end;
Vincent laying down next to Jack;
Jack and Christian;
Everyone together in the chapel…
And even with all of the unanswered questions, I still think it was the best evening of TV I think I have ever experienced. -
Thanks, the new link solved my problem!
-
I used to use Red Tomax's site to get detailed powerset/AT information (recharge times, power details, etc.) ... but it doesn's seem to have been updated in quite a while (no rad blasters, no new controller summoning...)
So I was just wondering, is there a new central location for this kind of information? Thanks for the help, all...