Star Wars coming to Blu Ray (UPDATE: August 30 2011, No! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!) — Page 175

I think the Blu-rays will be lots of fun, and I look forward to getting a Blu-ray player so I can actually enjoy them.

greenpenguino said:

TV's Frink said:

twooffour said:

Yes, I should and will call people retards for being extremely stupid.

I'm done.  If I try to discuss this any further with this idiot, someone please jab me in the eye with an icepick.

I thought you already did that.

 

Twice.

It's true.  I guess I need a bigger icepick.

My first /facepalm was directed at you going into what American and English "printing offices" were saying about omission of commas, in relation to an informal internet board.
That's like the epitome of ridiculous pedantism.

My second one was because you took my "as opposed to real movies" as a serious criticism.
Have I even said you were grammatically or logically wrong to use that expression?

It's like when Maddox makes fun of the PETA talking about the "suffering of living animals" (as opposed to dead animals) or Bill O'Reilly saying "we report, you decide" or "fair and balanced".
Obviously, it makes sense to use those redundancies for emphasis, but it also opens you up to quips and jokes if you come off as overly patronizing or pedantic aside from that - which you do, my friend. Very, very much.

You seem to think you are so much brighter than everyone else, and I simply wanted to show you that you are not so amazing as you think.

I don't care about any of your errors, except insofar as you seem to think it appropriate to correct everyone else's mistakes.

you have done nothing but prove my whole point: you are nothing but a contentious idiot who is always looking for an argument and tries to suck others in.

Insults are More Effective than Reason

Wal-mart carries Blu-ray?

I kid, I kid. :p

Not me.  I hate store exclusives.  Make that shit available to everyone!

twooffour said:

My first /facepalm was directed at you going into what American and English "printing offices" were saying about omission of commas, in relation to an informal internet board.
That's like the epitome of ridiculous pedantism.

My second one was because you took my "as opposed to real movies" as a serious criticism.
Have I even said you were grammatically or logically wrong to use that expression?

It's like when Maddox makes fun of the PETA talking about the "suffering of living animals" (as opposed to dead animals) or Bill O'Reilly saying "we report, you decide" or "fair and balanced".
Obviously, it makes sense to use those redundancies for emphasis, but it also opens you up to quips and jokes if you come off as overly patronizing or pedantic aside from that - which you do, my friend. Very, very much.

You seem to think you are so much brighter than everyone else, and I simply wanted to show you that you are not so amazing as you think.

There's so much self-righteous hilarity in this quote, I don't even know where to begin... first of all, no, I don't think I'm brighter than everyone else. I just know the English language better than Kenkraly (or his character), which isn't saying much.

So yea, here you are, picking on my commas, because I made fun of Kenkraly's language. How ludicrous is that, and why don't you still get that it's ludicrous?

My knowledge about the tiny details of grammar, like where to put commas at dubious places, isn't perfect, but I think I've explained well enough that I've used all of those with an intent in mind.
I also don't have any problem with people intentionally subverting language for humorous or other purposes. It's when someone who writes like a 7 year old comes on a forum and starts asking everyone to stop making fun while WRITING IN A TOTALLY RIDICULOUS LANGUAGE, I start feeling the urge to make a quip or two.

I don't care about any of your errors, except insofar as you seem to think it appropriate to correct everyone else's mistakes.

Actually I don't remember picking on anyone's grammar or spelling in here, prior to this incident.

If someone makes a stupid point and I read it, sure, but then why shouldn't I.

you have done nothing but prove my whole point: you are nothing but a contentious idiot who is always looking for an argument and tries to suck others in.

I just made fun of Kenkraly like at least 50% of the other users here. You were the one who started this whole nonsense because of a few commas.

You hypocrite.

Insults are More Effective than Reason

That's interesting, because I always try to make a point of adding insults to reason, rather than using them as a replacement ;)

If you wanna live up to that standard, too, please tell me how it's reasonable to pick on a few (intentionally) placed or omitted commas in light of language like this:

TV's Frink I did get the e-mail from LFL ok. So please enough of you rants. All you do is make fun of my posts. Just let the attacking stop enough already.

That's one or two steps away from "full-life consequences", do you realize that? Do you have ANY sense of proportion?

I know I said I wouldn't, but I can't resist.

I think you, my friend, don't know a joke when you see one, not I.  Why did Frink think my statement was so funny?  Because it was humorous.  My style can be dry, but it was intended as funny.  I defended my poinoting out your errors for two reasons: 1) I found it so funny that I'd have hated to let it slide there; 2) I did not want you to continue with your smug arrogance.  Perhaps you don't always criticize others' English, but a significant proportion of your posts include criticism of one sort or another levelled at your fellow Star Wars fans.  Please understand, the whole point to this has nothing to do with your English, but everything to do with how bothersome you seem to be.  And understand that the supposed self-righteousness you detect in me has nothing to do with my intelligence or English (heck, I've been far more careful since this began simply so you'd have no ammunition to use against me, chuckling to myself all the while as I double checked my spelling), though I admit some guilt perhaps in my desire to avoid needless contention while perpetuating this ridiculous argument.

Hmmm...since that appears to be the crux of your whole last reply, I guess I'll just end it by restating that it was all a joke directed at your personality, not your punctuation.  If you could simply stop harassing others on the board, I would treat you with the utmost respect (I feel we could be friends in our discussion on the politics thread).  I know you are not the only one, but as I said before, you are the one I chose to pick on because you seem to be among the more rude and ever present during these arguments.  I promise to make peace and drop this silliness if you can do the same.  If not, we can continue our banter via private messages if you like.

darth_ender said:

I know I said I wouldn't, but I can't resist.

Feel free to grab an icepick.

darth_ender said:

I think you, my friend, don't know a joke when you see one, not I.  Why did Frink think my statement was so funny?  Because it was humorous.  My style can be dry, but it was intended as funny.  I defended my poinoting out your errors for two reasons: 1) I found it so funny that I'd have hated to let it slide there

Aw well - too dry for my... ahm...

not to get into deep into that, but there is a rather fine (or maybe blurry?) line where dry humour transforms into trolling -- it's when all the visible hints and winks that were supposed to come across and be understood, are gone.
Haven't seen any myself ;)

Perhaps you don't always criticize others' English, but a significant proportion of your posts include criticism of one sort or another levelled at your fellow Star Wars fans.  Please understand, the whole point to this has nothing to do with your English, but everything to do with how bothersome you seem to be.

Well, whatever, my friend.  I'm happy to let bygones be bygones and drop this discussion.  I think others got the humor, and it's too bad it was lost on you.  Hope you understand now, and understand that I did not intend for this to get so messy.

As far as respect, I'll always disagree if I do.  I try to generally be polite, and simply was getting tired of the fighting and tried to point it out in a humorous light.  Let it end.  I think your style is probably offensive to most.  In this case, my style was offensive to you, so I admit guilt and simply say let's drop the whole thing.

Off topic is over here.

It's weird seeing that footage unfan-edited.

Every time I see TPM it's in a different order.

Jar Jar stands as even more fake and plastic now that he isn't hiding behind a pink haze.

Thanks, Bingowings.  I promise I'm done.

The absence of that one is too bad, it used to be the special that was in circulation the most, it turned up on cable pretty often in the 90s plus various vhs. (Both '83 specials have so much emphasis on the importance of nerf muppets that aren't even in the movie anymore.)

Bingowings said:

Jar Jar stands as even more fake and plastic now that he isn't hiding behind a pink haze.

Erikstormtrooper said:

KenKraly2007,

Imagine it's September 16, and you're sitting at home finally watching the saga on blu-ray. Is there anything that would be a "deal breaker" for you? Is there anything that, if it weren't fixed or included, would ruin the box set for you?

DuracellEnergizer said:

 

Erikstormtrooper said:

KenKraly2007,

Imagine it's September 16, and you're sitting at home finally watching the saga on blu-ray. Is there anything that would be a "deal breaker" for you? Is there anything that, if it weren't fixed or included, would ruin the box set for you?

Nothing short of blowing the set away with a double-barrelled shotgun at point-blank range could ruin it for ken.

 

I'm happy for him, even envious to a degree.

Something he is excited about is coming out soon and when he gets it he will be happy with it regardless.

There are lots of people who aren't that discerning and they will buy these discs full price and pop them into their machine and experience Star Wars as they understand it and be none the wiser.

I don't know how many Kens there are out there but they are out there and probably in large enough quantities to make our campaign commercially not worth the effort.

Protecting art and culture is probably something that you just can't trust to a free market.

Lucas paid for a dud SE transfer and he will squeeze every penny he can get out of it and pay as little as possible to even approach fixing it and if he does this to the SE he prefers why would he even consider doing more to the OUT he despises?

I can't be envious of someone with his head in the sand.

Red pill, please.