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THE BALL RATING SYSTEM MUST BE ADHERED TO!!!

Oh, and I only give Wall-E three balls out of five balls.  Dunno why, but it fell a little flat for me.

My opinion is that it can be out of however many balls you feel like, as long as you state the upper ball limit so we know how valuable the rated balls are.

Balls.

doubleofive said:

Balls should be 4, it only makes sense.

That makes as much sense as the Chewbacca defense.

I agree with 005, 4 balls makes more sense (because it doesn't), 4 balls is way funnier and it is true to the source of the ball rating system established my sallyliao in 2011 (the Sallyliao Ball Rating System).

sallyliao said:

Nice! Loved it. The Mist. I was pleasantly surprised, despite some dodgy CG. Really loved the ending. 3 balls out of 4 balls.

And when someone messes it up, we can quote Picard at them... :D

Leonardo said:

Sorry, it's just that I've never watched TNG, and I just know the line from the Picard Song.

I watched the video for the Picard song, weird. Some people have waaaay too much time on their hands...

Anyway, it actually didn't use the instance of the four lights I was trying to reference (in that episode he is being interrogated as a prisoner of the Cardassians, he has four bright lights shining on him and his interrogator is trying to break his will and get him to agree that there are five lights. So the line is spoken by Picard numerous times), my quote needed to be read with far more drama and defiance than the instances of the quote in the Picard Song.

Here is the clip from the TNG episode:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moX3z2RJAV8

And just to be slightly on topic, Day of the Dead is still the last movie I have watched.

CP3S said:

I agree with 005, 4 balls makes more sense (because it doesn't), 4 balls is way funnier and it is true to the source of the ball rating system established my sallyliao in 2011 (the Sallyliao Ball Rating System).

sallyliao said:

Nice! Loved it. The Mist. I was pleasantly surprised, despite some dodgy CG. Really loved the ending. 3 balls out of 4 balls.

And when someone messes it up, we can quote Picard at them... :D

While the point is conceded from the honourable gentlemen, let it be noted that I will continue to vary my ball limit.  I think it's fun to rate something 17 out of 22 balls.

I also like discussing ball limits.

Balls.

Bridesmaids.

2.5 balls out of four balls.

skyjedi2005 said:

I always wondered if the four lights torture scene in TNG was a reference to 1984 by Orwell.  Where they try to convince 2+2=5 instead of 4.

Which probably was an Orwell reference to what Stalinism ?

Yeah, that scene is a very clear reference to a moment in 1984. For anyone who hasn't read it: The main protagonist (Winston) has been caught and is being tortured in order to force him to conform to be an appropriate member of society. His torturer, O'Brien tells him they found his diary and that he wrote in it "Freedom is the freedom to say two plus two makes four. If that is granted, all else follows." So O'Brien holds up four fingers and asks him how many fingers he is holding up. Winston tell him four. Then O'Brien asks him, what if the party wants 2+2=5, then what? And asks Winston to again tell him how many fingers he is holding up, inflicting pain on him every time he answers truthfully with "four".

Weird Science.

It's really strange revisiting it after all these years, the clothes, Robert Downey's knees, Bill Paxton's bum cheeks, the amazing levels of computer security, the past is another country and what a strange sharp plastic land 1985 was.

Kelly...lovely Kelly, I love her so much, especially the way she faces off Gary's parents, nobody else says, "I'll kick your arse!" like her.

I'm planning on watching "Troll 2" today as recommended by RedLetterMedia (The prequel review guy)

http://redlettermedia.com/

I believe he said that it's available on netflix on his twitter.

I'll be sure to report when I get around to it.

I watched it on netfilx.  Fantastic stuff.

Also check out the catching-up-with doc (Best Worst Movie, I think it was called).