xhonzi said:
TheBoost said:
Someone at the library told me "Speaker for the Dead" was "brilliant". I almost hit her.
I read that Card only wrote Ender's Game as a means of setting up the book he really wanted to write- Speaker for the Dead.
If that's the case then perhaps he's a little like George Lucas. IIRC "Ender's Game" was originally a novella that he expanded. Maybe he inadvertently crafted something great.
TheBoost said:
xhonzi said:
TheBoost said:
Someone at the library told me "Speaker for the Dead" was "brilliant". I almost hit her.
I read that Card only wrote Ender's Game as a means of setting up the book he really wanted to write- Speaker for the Dead.
If that's the case then perhaps he's a little like George Lucas. IIRC "Ender's Game" was originally a novella that he expanded. Maybe he inadvertently crafted something great.
From wp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender's_Game :
The book originated as the short story "Ender's Game", published in the August 1977 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact.[2]
Card stated that Ender's Game was written specifically to establish the character of Ender for his role of the Speaker in Speaker for the Dead, the outline for which he had written before novelizing Ender's Game.[8]
IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!
"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005
"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM
"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.
I don't know if you guys recall the Chateau Bingowings Hosepipe Mystery of about a year ago but the fiend has struck again!
This time stealing my battered cheap generic lawnmower, it cost me about £30 with a strimmer about six years ago and it's been worked until the poor thing was practically on it's last legs any way so what they hope to achieve by stealing it is anyone's guess.
The lady up the the road had some French booze stolen out of her hut.
Why couldn't they steal some French booze out of mine?
They'd have to put it there first and then steal it but I feel like a lower class of victim.
My nice neighbour lent me his petrol driven mower, I'd never used one before.
Weighed a tone it did and it could get in into the corners like my crumbly old machine.
I used to call him Patrick.
Poor Patrick, I'm going to miss you pal.
*tries to translate Scottish to American*
Wait, what kind of lawnmower and string trimmer did you have if they weren't gasoline-powered?
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Dan Brown said:
There is a definite pattern here. A code, if you will...
TO THE ELECTRIC TYPING BOX! I'LL HOLD YOUR HAND!
I think we might be better off with Doc Brown...
*tries to translate Scottish to American*
Wait, what kind of lawnmower and string trimmer did you have if they weren't gasoline-powered?
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We have electricity.
Bingowings said:
We have electricity.
CONFIRMED!
IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!
"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005
"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM
"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.
Zen said:
Bingowings said:
We have electricity.
*bong*
CONFIRMED!
^fixed.
Oh yeah, my string trimmer is electric. Never used an electric mower though.Bingowings said:
We have electricity.
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When I was a kid we didn't even have electric mowers and I had to push some similar to this up and down for most of the day.
^On your way uphill to school, barefoot in the snow?
IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!
"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005
"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM
"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.
I am not a Yorkshireman.
Having grown up in apartments, I have yet to mow a lawn.
There is no lingerie in space…
C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.
Gaffer Tape said:
Having grown up in apartments, I have yet to mow a lawn.
FUCK YOU!!!
*sob*
...
Every time I smell gas at the petrol station (did I do that right?), I am taken back to those hot summer afternoons when I had to mow the fucking lawn for my fucking parents who never did anything for me except give me life, raise me, feed me, shelter me, and send me to college.
Good for nothings...
...
Our current house has a 200 sq ft lawn. That's not very big, so I bought an electric mower for it. No complaints. Haven't even run over the cord yet.
I always go over the stones in our garden when I mow the lawn, it mucks up the blades. :(
That's why noone lets me mow the lawn. A shame
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I was born and raised in the deserts of Southern California... kind of like Tatooine meets Arrakis without the cool monsters. Never mowed a lawn in my 30 years of life.
I just dropped my Ipod touch in the toilet. It doesn't work. And my hand smells.
BloodnoseThePirate said:
I just dropped my Ipod touch in the toilet. It doesn't work. And my hand smells.
Really tempted to put this in sig...
I'm sure I'll be back bitching about the Heat, but the Mavs evened up. Woo!
BloodnoseThePirate said:
I just dropped my Ipod touch in the toilet. It doesn't work. And my hand smells.
Take the battery out if you can. Put it in dry rice.
(Your ipod, not your hand. But if your hand has a battery, that would be rad.)
IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!
"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005
"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM
"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.
I'm mad about Harrison Ford http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/8546869/Harrison-Ford-criticises-soulless-action-films.html jumping on the "it looks like a video game" bandwagon.
I think all of the people who say that mean the same thing, but that it's not a very good reference. Bad/cheap CG is bad/cheap CG whether it's in a game, a movie, or an animated gif.
I think a lot of Hollywood types have a chip on their shoulders that video games have cut into their business and a frank lot of them are better than their movies.
I really enjoyed seeing Zack Snyder confront one of his interviewers regarding Sucker Punch:
Lady: Blah blah blah. Looks like a video game.
(Zack takes a moment to look a the young woman conducting the interview)
Zack: Have you ever played a video game?
Lady: Erm.... not really.
Zack: Then what do you mean by that comment, "Looks like a video game"?
Lady: Erm.... ha ha hah...
(Both laugh).
Zack: Because that's kind of a ridiculous thing to say...
Something like that.
IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!
"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005
"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM
"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.
A lot of big name stars and respected actors have no problem with making some extra bucks working on computer games.
Maybe Harrison is just too proud to give voice acting for a game a go.
xhonzi said:
Lady: Blah blah blah. Looks like a video game.
(Zack takes a moment to look a the young woman conducting the interview)
Zack: Have you ever played a video game?
Lady: Erm.... not really.
Zack: Then what do you mean by that comment, "Looks like a video game"?
Lady: Erm.... ha ha hah...
(Both laugh).
Zack: Because that's kind of a ridiculous thing to say...
Man, Zack may make crap movies sometimes, but he's got a point.
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TV's Frink said:
xhonzi said:
(And then the Mini Death Star blew up).
There is another...
