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markfiend
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Saw Prometheus yesterday. I don't get why people are so down on it; I thought it cleverly tied into some of the threads from Alien without being too obvious about it.
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markfiend wrote:Saw Prometheus yesterday. I don't get why people are so down on it; I thought it cleverly tied into some of the threads from Alien without being too obvious about it.
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I wonder whether the people who are disappointed were hoping for a guns-n-gore fest in the mould of Aliens?
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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Very much looking forward to it. Should I go 3D? I get the impression it would benefit from the 3D experience.markfiend wrote:I wonder whether the people who are disappointed were hoping for a guns-n-gore fest in the mould of Aliens?
Meanwhile, I watched this last night...Loved it....
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Oh yeah. Definitely go for the 3D. The 3D effects blew me away.Hom_Corleone wrote:Very much looking forward to it. Should I go 3D? I get the impression it would benefit from the 3D experience.markfiend wrote:I wonder whether the people who are disappointed were hoping for a guns-n-gore fest in the mould of Aliens?
Although to be honest, the last time I saw anything 3D was with those crappy red-green glasses that are never quite the right colour and give you a raging headache after about three minutes.
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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The new 3D glasses make you look like you're at a Blues Brothers fan convention!
I'm wondering wether to start watching a Game of Thrones..people rave about it, but I'm not really into High Fantasy and what I've seen makes it look like Warhammer with tits. I'd be expecting someone to mention "Hit Points" any minute. Would it be worth my time? I'm told the books aren't that well written.
This might convince me to watch though..
I'm wondering wether to start watching a Game of Thrones..people rave about it, but I'm not really into High Fantasy and what I've seen makes it look like Warhammer with tits. I'd be expecting someone to mention "Hit Points" any minute. Would it be worth my time? I'm told the books aren't that well written.
This might convince me to watch though..
"Vengeance. Justice. Fire and blood.."
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I just finished reading the series on the insistance of my Mr. I have to say the books are well written, HOWEVER he has a style that takes a while to get used to - oh and they are LONG! The TV show is good, worth watching, although I like the opening sequence more than the show - season 1 is bang in line with the books, then it starts to diverge...
Anyway I am currently watching the entire River Cottage back catalogue and loving it!
Anyway I am currently watching the entire River Cottage back catalogue and loving it!
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I've only seen the first episode of Game of Thrones. It struck me as a bit like a soft-porn version of The Lord of the Rings.
So yeah, like you say, Warhammer with tits.
I also tried reading the first book, and got bored about a quarter of the way through.
So yeah, like you say, Warhammer with tits.
I also tried reading the first book, and got bored about a quarter of the way through.
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
—Bertrand Russell
—Bertrand Russell
The Cure on youtube.. as a reminder of yesterday's concert..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yQ9gSOX ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yQ9gSOX ... re=related
I did watch Game of Thrones. Was pretty much what I expected, but lots of surprisingly attractive cast members, so watched up until pretty blonde Viserys got killed via molten gold.
I am the kiss of death to any character in a tv series. All I have to do is say "Oh, I like this guy/girl.." and death ensues. Prince Alfonso of Naples, Queen Sophie Anne, Viserys..
I am the kiss of death to any character in a tv series. All I have to do is say "Oh, I like this guy/girl.." and death ensues. Prince Alfonso of Naples, Queen Sophie Anne, Viserys..
"Vengeance. Justice. Fire and blood.."
It's a lovely movie, I saw it a few days ago.Hom_Corleone wrote:Meanwhile, I watched this last night...Loved it....
Currently watching... Family Guy.
I have just as much of a dark side as the next person.
Full of surprises again eh?numan wrote:The Cure on youtube.. as a reminder of yesterday's concert..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yQ9gSOX ... re=related
I loved the first hour but there were a series some moments that required such a huge leap I ended watching the ending with gritted teeth.markfiend wrote:Saw Prometheus yesterday. I don't get why people are so down on it; I thought it cleverly tied into some of the threads from Alien without being too obvious about it.
Hasn't stopped me thinking about it though, this is a great bit of analysis:
http://cavalorn.livejournal.com/584135.html
Hopefully some of the gaps will get restored when it gets a home release, it originally ran 30 mins longer
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Very nice movie! Enjoyed it a lot!Hom_Corleone wrote: Meanwhile, I watched this last night...Loved it....
I just watched and can highly recommend the trilogy of:
"as we walk on the floodland"
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@BeeBeeOh and Pat - It is a great movie isn't it. Best I've seen in some time. Gave me a nice warm glow...
This however was the opposite but enjoyable in a very different way...
Fassbender is superb. Again.
This however was the opposite but enjoyable in a very different way...
Fassbender is superb. Again.
We forgive as we forget
As the day is long.
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True Blood Series Five is absolutely and completely f**king awful. I cannot recommend you avoid it enough. The only plus point is Russell Edgington. Someone will one day edit me a dvd with just his scenes on. Possibly the day after someone finally edits Alexei Sayle's unfunny flabby backside out of my Young Ones DVD's..
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I don't know that I'd go that far, but yeah, it was a bit dull. Even though we watched it only a few weeks ago, I am hard-pressed to recall much of anything.DeWinter wrote:True Blood Series Five is absolutely and completely f**king awful. I cannot recommend you avoid it enough. The only plus point is Russell Edgington. Someone will one day edit me a dvd with just his scenes on. Possibly the day after someone finally edits Alexei Sayle's unfunny flabby backside out of my Young Ones DVD's..
I just binged my way through the first four seasons of Breaking Bad. I thought it was simply amazing.
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@sinny: wow. sounds harsh. where are you?
i'm here:
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currently watching the surfers... (well, i was this morning)
i'm here:
http://is.gd/lj3Aes
currently watching the surfers... (well, i was this morning)
What’s the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
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I'm in Outland, dear Bazza - working on an exploration achievement. I'm a WoW d0rk now, don'tcha know?Quiff Boy wrote:@sinny: wow. sounds harsh. where are you?
That photo's lovely. Sometimes I miss Cali...
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ahh 
cali: yeah, i never really fancied it before. always though i was more east coast than west init
but i can't deny there is a certain charm to the way of life here, and the scenery is stunning.
there's a lot of rich right-wing gun freaks, drop-out surf bums (with rich right-wing gun freak parents) and fake-chested blonde women (usually married to rich right-wing gun freaks & step-moms to the surf bums), but so far i've managed to not let them spoil the experience for me
been here two and a half weeks, got another week and a half left.
cali: yeah, i never really fancied it before. always though i was more east coast than west init
but i can't deny there is a certain charm to the way of life here, and the scenery is stunning.
there's a lot of rich right-wing gun freaks, drop-out surf bums (with rich right-wing gun freak parents) and fake-chested blonde women (usually married to rich right-wing gun freaks & step-moms to the surf bums), but so far i've managed to not let them spoil the experience for me
been here two and a half weeks, got another week and a half left.
What’s the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
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Shit. I just assumed somewhere in west Texas or New Mexico with that description.SINsister wrote:I'm in Outland, dear Bazza - working on an exploration achievement. I'm a WoW d0rk now, don'tcha know?Quiff Boy wrote:@sinny: wow. sounds harsh. where are you?
That photo's lovely. Sometimes I miss Cali...
I did a fellowship in your (current and temporary) neck of the woods a few years ago. It was really nice. So nice I felt guilty about being paid to be there and study. It took me a while to get used to the marine layer. What really took me a while to get used to, though, was the (for lack of a better word) opulent way of life. It seemed positively decadent to me. I was there for two weeks; I'd say it took me about a week, minimum, to get used to the luxuries that were present. Very strange, at least to a guy like me (my last full-time job before academia was construction. I'm not still sure construction wasn't better. And I'm originally from NY, which just makes it all... very confusing).Quiff Boy wrote:ahh
cali: yeah, i never really fancied it before. always though i was more east coast than west init
but i can't deny there is a certain charm to the way of life here, and the scenery is stunning.
there's a lot of rich right-wing gun freaks, drop-out surf bums (with rich right-wing gun freak parents) and fake-chested blonde women (usually married to rich right-wing gun freaks & step-moms to the surf bums), but so far i've managed to not let them spoil the experience for me
been here two and a half weeks, got another week and a half left.
It's actually quite good. It's a very clever show about the ugliness of politics. "Warhammer with tits" is doing it a disservice. It's smarter than that. With tits. Lots of tits. I've never read the books.DeWinter wrote:
I'm wondering wether to start watching a Game of Thrones..people rave about it, but I'm not really into High Fantasy and what I've seen makes it look like Warhammer with tits. I'd be expecting someone to mention "Hit Points" any minute. Would it be worth my time? I'm told the books aren't that well written.
This might convince me to watch though..
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The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities, that makes it seem inconceivable that other ways are viable, that removes the sense that there is an outside.
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Love the gifDeWinter wrote:True Blood Series Five is absolutely and completely f**king awful. I cannot recommend you avoid it enough. The only plus point is Russell Edgington. Someone will one day edit me a dvd with just his scenes on. Possibly the day after someone finally edits Alexei Sayle's unfunny flabby backside out of my Young Ones DVD's..
Yeah, nowhere near enough sex in season 5. IMO it's running the risk of disappearing under the weight of too many "supers". When it was just vampires and Sookie's mind-reading it wasn't too confusing, but now we've added shape-changers, were-wolves, were-panthers, faeries, brujos, mediums, psychics, and now an ifrit. Too much.
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
—Bertrand Russell
—Bertrand Russell
Lots of confusing about True Blood! Why is Bon Temps a run-down redneck white trash dump when in the books it's a poor but decent Southern town? Why is book-Sookie plus size, intelligent and likable but TB Sookie a shrill dumb pain in the arse?markfiend wrote: Yeah, nowhere near enough sex in season 5. IMO it's running the risk of disappearing under the weight of too many "supers". When it was just vampires and Sookie's mind-reading it wasn't too confusing, but now we've added shape-changers, were-wolves, were-panthers, faeries, brujos, mediums, psychics, and now an ifrit. Too much.
I agree about excessive beasties. But at least the faeries are pretty! I don't know why they've all got clipped English accents though..
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1. A sizable portion of rural Louisiana looks like that, actually.DeWinter wrote:
Lots of confusing about True Blood! Why is Bon Temps a run-down redneck white trash dump when in the books it's a poor but decent Southern town? Why is book-Sookie plus size, intelligent and likable but TB Sookie a shrill dumb pain in the arse?
I agree about excessive beasties. But at least the faeries are pretty! I don't know why they've all got clipped English accents though..
2. Casting decisions are often not made with accuracy to the source material in mind.
3. Because for Americans faeries are all English.
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The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities, that makes it seem inconceivable that other ways are viable, that removes the sense that there is an outside.
The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities, that makes it seem inconceivable that other ways are viable, that removes the sense that there is an outside.