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I have a kick ass security system strapped to the bottom of my bed...

EyeShotFirst said:

I just don't care what somebody does to me because I have learned how do disarm anybody...

Your confidence is kind of worrisome. How does anyone learn how to "disarm anybody"? No matter how good you are at anything, there is always someone out there who is better at it. Your robber could very well be bragging about having learned how not to be disarmed by anybody to some of his friends at this very moment. Besides, if he has a gun and you're standing a few feet away from him, there is no disarming him, period.

I know my alarm is good because I opened the backdoor without turning it off and everybody woke up pissed. 

Yeah, but that was a non-forced entry via a regular obvious entrance. Any alarm will handle that. If your livlihood involves breaking into places you are not suppose to be, you learn how to handle things like alarms. Most small time crooks who don't want to risk it will avoid places with security systems, but there are ways around them. For example, are all your windows hooked up to alarms? If not, then you have a good number of safely breachable points right there.

bioshock2f@n said:

really nice big daddy doll, im going to make one myself, what did you used to make the body, aswell as ataching it to the baseball, also how did you attach the rope/arms? like ive seen heaps of people make the doll with an actual baby doll body, they just took out the head and limbs, though im not to fond on that. i would really like to make a body that looks like the one you have mad?

I made the body of my doll out of scratch. I just cut a patten out of cream colored cloth and sewed the two parts together, then stuffed them with dried corn and cotton. I couldn't find a decent doll body at any of the hobby stores, and while it looks really good in the trailer and in the concept art, all the dolls made by other people who used the actual doll body looked kind of weird, so I just decided to make my own. In the end I think it looks a lot better than those others do.

The rope arms are just one piece of rope that I had sewn into the body. Attaching the head was the hardest part. I just sewed the cloth of the baseball to the cloth of the body, which ultimately ended up being rather limp. So I took a nail and hammered it into the baseball and rigged it to the back of the body behind the oxygen tank (film canister). If I had it to do over again, I think I would nail a cork to the bottom of the baseball, then sew the cork into the body. 

ABC said:

you should all learn to do this... I have since a long time from now and it really saves your time as it make this "work" a nice moment: http://lesblazquez.fr/?p=8

Whoa! Those are two of the hottest lesbians I have ever seen! Now that I have watched that video, I've got to go and... uh... wash my hair. Or do some nice relaxing origami.

Speaking of lesbians... HAPPY BIRTHDAY GAFF!!!

Oh. A link to the X0 thread... that place makes me sad. :(

doubleofive said:

I too am fond of that.  One of the few train wrecks I had the pleasure of witnessing.

I have never realized how lucky I am having been on the front line of so many of these.

BarBar Jinkx said:

and as for toning down a female leads sex appeal they tried that with the naturally blond Gillian Anderson in the X files, that backfired and they made her a total sex symbol to a Very large part of that shows viewership 

Wait... how did that backfire? I think that one worked out very nicely. They never put a huge emphasis on her sexiness, but guys still found her sexy. I don't think that is backfiring, I think that is a good thing. It is a good example of a woman lead being found attractive without having to wear tight or skimpy clothing.

David Bowie - Life on Mars

Elton John - Rocketman

The Ink Spots - If I Didn't Care

Bob Dylan - All Along the Watch Tower

Barenaked Ladies - If I Had 1,000,000 Dollars

Buddy Holly - That'll Be The Day

The Fleetwoods  - The Great Imposter

Warren Zevon - My Shits Fucked Up

Rammstein - Rosenrot

Green Day - Basket Case

Warbler said:

I think the reason for this is simple.   Action movies are made for men, not women.     Since most men aren't gay, they'd rather see women sexualized than men.   Sex sells.

We know that. That is actually the point we are making. We are just making the claim that it is sexist. Kind of funny you are pretty liberal and sensitive on so many other matters, but on this one you defend the status quo.

No, I do not care to explain because I have nothing to explain. I have done nothing to deserve the Hall of Shame. Nothing. NOTHING!

I guess we could go back and forth on this one all night. I just think it is pretty obvious that what TheBoost is saying about women being sexualized is fairly accurate.

No, I haven't. I am just saying, it has a practical explaination. High heels don't.

Oh no! I posted about something! Dammit! That is what I get for trying to help you out Fink. Foiled again by my arch nemesis!

Yes, because I am sure the nipples on their armored suits deter their walking abilities just as much as the high heels. The suits, are just that, suits, they are not showing the actual form of the actors. As far as I can tell, the intention of the suits are to aid them in crime fighting by providing them protection. High heels? Eh? Seriously? High heels? I guess it makes their kicks more deadly? Also, the ice skates built into the shoes (as stupid as the that idea was) were just another gadget built into their suits, and in the film they serves a purpose. Again, I fail to see how this is in any small way analogous to high heels.

Just looked it up, yes, you're right. It is Japanese, not Chinese. My mistake.

Kill Bill was unbelievable awesome! I always thought it looked like a dumb over the top action flick, but then I watched it and really enjoyed it. The camp is intentional, and the film actually had some decent emotional depth to it. I still maintain that Tarantino is style over substance, but his style contains a lot of substance, if that makes any sense.

Anyway, back to topic. I am very much on the side of TheBoost on this one. Female heroes are almost always sexualized in a way that makes it painfully obvious that these women are being written by men. Even from back in the days of Wonderwoman, all the other DC heroes were clothed from head to toe, it was the woman who showed all the skin. That ridiculous Catwoman is a perfect example of what TheBoost is talking about.

Another good example is the not so great film, King Arthur from a few years back. Keira Knightly, who I find to be extremely attractive, though perhaps a bit too thin, played the female lead in that film. She is well known for having a very flat chest, which I don't think makes her any less hot, but I have always kind of had a thing for smaller sizes anyway. On the American movie poster for the film, she has very large breasts. You can do a google search and probably find side by side comparisons of the poster used worldwide, showing her real chest size, and the American poster, which is obviously photoshopped. That is just really pathetic to me, that in order to get people to go see a film we fill the need to make sure her breats look big enough. 

Here, even went through the trouble of googling it myself. I personally think she looks just find in the first pic.

"Noh" is a type of Chinese play where the characters wear masks. The Thing is a marvel comics super hero from the Fantastic Four, also known as Ben Grimm. 

The above picture is Ben Grimm wearing a Noh mask. Very cleaver Bing, very cleaver. I think you have out done yourself this time.

vote_for_palpatine said:

No, because we want our actresses and actors to be attractive people. Any guy who's played an action hero has more than his share of swooning fans.

Besides, there's just no cap on attractive. I don't find Kirsten Dunst attractive. But if she was portrayed as an action hero and her sexuality was as downplayed as much as possible, I believe there would still loads of dudes going ZOMG HOTTT!!!11!

But yeah, the instant half-shirt in AOTC was hard to believe.

There is a huge difference between someone being attractive, and someone being portrayed as over the top sexy. Laura Croft is a excellent example of this. Rather than giving her more practical gear for her job, she is given really short shorts and extremely tight clothing to accentuate her shape. Sure, if she was wearing khakis and loose fitting leather jacket, you'd still get guys calling her hot. But that is a lot different than dressing her in fantasy clothing letting the video camera linger on her girly bits for long stretches at a time.

ferris209 said:

Oh good Lord.

Care to explain that one?

I wish so. But I am not sure. I have often felt this exact same way about the situation. The Tiger slashed bare-midriff bit in AOTC really irked me too.

What about Uma Thurman in the Kill Bill movies? Maybe it is just because Uma Thurman is one of those women who never really did it for me, but I don't seem to remember them really sexing her up in that. I don't deny that she is in good shape and has a nice body, nor am I saying that she isn't sexy in that film, I just mean that I don't seem to recall them trying to show off her sexiness to an excess like many action heroines.

I meant reload it and experience again exactly how it happened. I wish we had the mental ability to save all of our thoughts, feelings, and sensations from a particular event, and play them back verbatim.

With mistakes and stupid things we do, it is better just to learn from them and move on. But some feelings and moments are so utterly fantastic, it is sad to trust them to the awful leaking human brain. All our greatest and fondest moments in life are doomed to be lost in the recesses of our memories. Kind of depressing.

Ha ha ha ha! Now thanks to me, everyone knows what a huge Full House fan you are! This could be a tidbit that tips the scale toward my favor, allowing me to replace you as the local Don. I mean, who wants a Don who is a Full House fan?

Don 3PX... sounds good, damn good. Hmm, I can't even remember what thread that was where Dark Father was lecturing VINH on social status and alpha males.

Congrats on your new landmark post count.

This is truly a thread that should have never died.

Gaffer Tape said:

EDIT:  Eh, and I gotta say, I don't really miss WESHALLPRESERVE.  Rereading his posts gave me a headache, as well as his penchant for declaring his age every other sentence.  I guess he'd be pushing 18 now.  Oh, and this argument was brought to you by a soon to be 24 year old.  Aren't I so amazing at math for someone so young? =P

His age declaration thing always cracked me up. Don't know if his profile still does, but he always had his age in his sig too.