DuracellEnergizer

The hardcore Lucas sycophants over at TFN remind me of religious fanatics.

^I think he mentioned sometime ago that he liked the Dawn of the Jedi comics (or parts of them, anyway).

Jetrell Fo said:

I knew a guy who made the transition to female and then told us she was a lesbian ..... isn't that kinda weird?  Why become a woman to like women when he could have done it as a man?    

Because what sex you're attracted to has no bearing on what sex you want to belong to.

When in Rome ...

TFN's getting worse all the time.

*Notices thread title change*

The use of people, places, or things from the PT as long as it doesn't turn into a prequelization clusterfuck.

The inevitable rebooting that will come with the ST's release.

Jaitea said:

I'll go first:

Fred Gwynne:

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No image of him from Pet Sematary?

Using "there" in place of "their"? That's a paddlin'.

Using "your" in place of "you're"? That's a paddlin'.

Using "u" in place of "you"? Oh, you better believe that's a paddlin'. 

That depends on how you define "ambivalent". Properly defined, "ambivalent" means to have mixed feelings, but many use it as a synonym for "indifferent".

RicOlie_2 said:

Also, with no offense meant to women, I tend to find that male speakers are usually better than female speakers (my mother shares this opinion) and I attribute that to some of the differences between the sexes.

I think there was a scientific study done that indicated that men respond to the male voice more than the female voice (that wouldn't explain your mother's reaction, though).

I'd eat Soylent Green even knowing that it's made out of people.

^Truth be told, I did read the book, but it didn't really impact me like I thought it would. It's one of those cases where I like the story more than the way it was actually written (if that makes any sense).

darth_ender said:

One thing I like about this and Tangled is the fact that they are emphasizing a truer form of love instead of the infatuation they've been famous for.  Ariel sees some flutist on a boat and she's immediately in love.  Aladdin sees a babe in the marketplace and he's smitten.  It's true love folks!

It may be funny coming from me, but I actually believe in love at first sight. Of course, it's hard to deny something when it actually happens to you; if it hadn't, I probably wouldn't buy into it.

Whether it's love based on truth or illusion is another matter altogether, though.

Mrebo said:

What motivated this thread?

Darth_ender suggested a thread devoted to this topic be created when discussion on the subject started cluttering up RicOlie_2's Catholicism thread. 

TV's Frink said:

Reegar said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

How about an Ancient Astronauts Disappreciation Thread?

 How about a DuracellEnergizer Hates the World thread?

 We already have either this or the opposite of this, but I haven't been able to find it.

The incomplete list of things I hate (more-or-less tongue-in-cheek)

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Every-Single-Thing-On-In-Off-and-Beyond-the-Earth-Solar-System-Galaxy-and-Universe-DuracellEnergizer-Loathes-with-a-Fiery-Loathing-Passion-In-Alphabetical-Order/topic/16009/

And I posed a list of things I love/like in this thread (also more-or-less tongue-in-cheek)

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/What-do-you-like-love-tolerate/topic/16012/page/1/

Tack said:

The only thing I hate about the EU are the forced ties between the OT and PT. Granted, some things deserve exploration (Leia's relationship with Bail Organa), but some later books have contradictory stuff just to give the OT a closer tie to the prequels. For instance, there exists one EU novel out there where it's stated that R2 recorded that conversation Anakin and Padme had about his nightmares, and then he plays it for Luke.

 This is the primary reason I don't like the modern EU.

This is Otto.

Ryan McAvoy said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

TV's Frink said:

You love it and you know it.

 Love/hate is closer to the truth.

 You mean you love it then you hate yourself ;-)

 LOL. Close, but not quite.

I've only ever seen the first one. It's so bad it's good.

EXT. PYRAMID – DAY

The six airmen make their rounds about the quarter-mile perimetre surrounding the pyramid. Freeman, Reilly, and Porro are going over the area beyond the north side of the pyramid with sensitive scanning equipment; Brown and Feretti are checking out the MALP (which happens to be half-buried in the sand) beyond the south side; and O’Neil and Kawalsky are checking out the area directly surrounding the pyramid itself.

INT. PYRAMID/STARGATE CHAMBER – DAY

Daniel stands alone within the dimly-lit stargate chamber, leaning over the black dais which serves as the remote dial of the stargate itself. Stretching forth his hand, he begins entering a stargate address into the device. As each pressed glyph panel lights up, the corresponding glyph tile and chevron on the stargate lights up in turn, glowing a pure white. Unlike with the gate on Earth, the chevrons on this gate do not split open and closed with each glyph entered, no harmonic tones are released, and the stargate itself does not vibrate.

Once the eighth glyph is punched in, Daniel looks about for the ninth – the “pyramid with sun” glyph; he fails to find it or any corresponding glyph. Coming to the conclusion that the large, unmarked hemispherical button in the centre of the stardial must act as the glyph’s substitute, Daniel presses down on it.

The hemisphere illumines with white light, and a split-second later all the lights, glyphs, and engravings on both the stardial and the stargate light up. Instead of releasing a long, high-pitched tone and spewing forth the liquid silver energy which will stabilize into an extradimensional bridge to another world, the crystalline ring only lets loose a low GROAN, then both it and the dialling device immediately shut down.

Frowning, Daniel reaches into a bag sitting at his feet and pulls out a notebook. Flipping to the desired page, he turns back to the stardial and begins to re-enter the address.

EXT. PYRAMID/ENTRANCE – DAY

Having gathered together under one of the obelisks, the members of the away team set down the equipment they’ve been carrying; Brown himself is steering the MALP by remote control up the ramp back into the pyramid.

O’NEIL: (to Feretti) Report.

FERETTI: Nothing much to report, sir. Other than some shrubs and sand, there’s nothing out there.

PORRO: We found a nest of some nasty-looking bugs that look like a cross between a wasp and a spider. Other than that, our findings match theirs.

O’NEIL: (looks at the equipment scattered about) Wrap this up and get everybody back inside. I want you people back through the stargate within the hour.

Back over at the pyramid, Daniel has just stepped out. Visibly troubled, he makes his way down the ramp towards the rest of the team.

KAWALSKY: What do you mean, “you people”? You’re coming back with us, aren’t you, Colonel?

O’Neil doesn’t reply. Turning away from the others, he walks toward an open crate. As he starts placing equipment inside, Daniel walks up to him.

O’NEIL: Jackson, start working on the stargate.

FERETTI: (to Kawalsky) What was that all about?

KAWALSKY: I don’t know, Feretti.

DANIEL: (to O’Neil) I’m gonna need some more time. I mean there’s bound to be more structures here, other traces of civilization. That road has to lead somewhere, right?

O’NEIL: That would be nice, Jackson, but not this trip. Just get back in there and re-establish contact.

DANIEL: (nervous) Well, it’s not that easy. We really, really, really need to look around more.

Finished with the packing, O’Neil closes and latches the crate. He focuses all his attention on Daniel, his face hard.

O’NEIL: Your job here is to re-align the stargate. Can you do that or not?

DANIEL: (shakes his head) I can’t.

At this troubling statement, the other airmen turn their attentions to the conversation between the Egyptologist and the colonel.

O’NEIL: (takes a menacing step forward) You can’t or you won’t?

DANIEL: (takes a step back) Look, I tried using our address – it didn’t work. I thought at first that maybe there was something wrong with the dialling device, so I tried to dial out manually; that didn’t work, either. So, unless there’s something wrong with the gate itself, we’re going to need another address if we’re to return home.

FERETTI: What the hell are you talking about?

DANIEL: The address for this planet was marked on tablets back on Earth, right? So there must be something like that here. I just need to find it.

PORRO: What about inside the pyramid?

DANIEL: This is a counterpart to the Great Pyramid of Giza. We’re not going to find any hieroglyphic inscriptions or carved relief inside. We’re going to have to expand our search if we’re going to find what we need.

Kawalsky walks up to Daniel, gesturing quizzically.

KAWALSKY: You didn’t say anything about finding anything.

DANIEL: I assumed the combination we had would work on both sides of the gate.

O’NEIL: (disgusted) You assumed.

With these words, Kawalsky goes ballistic.

KAWALSKY: (yelling) You lying son of a bitch!

Lunging forward, the lieutenant colonel pushes Daniel, knocking him off his feet.

KAWALSKY: (cont’d) You didn’t say a word about finding anything!

Kawalsky steps forward, determined to force the Egyptologist into reopening the stargate to Earth even if he has to beat him into doing it. Before he can reach the smaller man, though, O’Neil steps in his way, blocking him off.

O’NEIL: That’s enough. (beat) We’ll establish our base camp right here. Kawalsky, organize a detail to haul the supplies out here.

KAWALSKY: (incredulous) Establish a base camp? The mission objective was to recon the quarter-mile perimetre then get back through the ring. What good is it gonna do to –

O’NEIL: That’s enough, Lieutenant Colonel. You’re not in command of this mission.

Enraged, Kawalsky steps up to the colonel, looming over him menacingly. O’Neil meets his angry gaze, daring him to step out of line. A moment passes, then Kawalsky backs down.

KAWALSKY: (to the other airmen) Brown! Feretti! Freeman! Reilly! Porro! Back inside!

Without hesitation, the airmen follow Kawalsky’s order. As they start toward the ramp, Kawalsky joins them, leaving O’Neil and Daniel alone together beneath the obelisks.

O’NEIL: Now you’ve endangered everyone’s life except mine. (beat) Follow the men and help them off-load the equipment and bring it out.

Daniel obeys O’Neal’s command sheepishly.

HotRod said:

Warbler said:

HotRod said:

You all calmed down yet?

Jeez, I phrased a few things incorrectly (blame the bottle of red for that) and I get accused of all kinds of things. What I said was true, the way I said it could have been better!!

 no what you about the majority of Priests being child molesters is false.   There are some Priests that are child molesters, but not the majority.

 Prove it

You're the one who made the claim that most priests are child molestors, so the burden of proof's on your shoulders, not his.

ray_afraid said:

I prefer to think Greedo had a heels fetish. It's canon to me.

 Fixed =P

Another one of my favourite actors dead =(

I may just watch The Dark Angel tonight in his memory.

TV's Frink said:

You love it and you know it.

 Love/hate is closer to the truth.

Superman vs. The Elite (2012) - 7/10