FanFiltration

georgec said:

I tried cutting a 12" sub sandwich diagonally once.

lol, I had not considered that. 

Sandwiches should always be cut diagonally, never vertically nor horizontally.

pfft.

Tobar said:

Trailer for Ender's Game has been released.

Haven't read the book so I'm avoiding the Ender thread.

I find it very amusing that the actor's name who is playing Harrison Ford's character's aid in the film is Han Soto!

TV's Frink said:

FanFiltration said:

Left-handed astronauts:

• Dick Gordon
• Charlie Duke
• Jim Lovell
• Wally Schirra
• Ed Mitchell
• Mike Collins

 

Edit: John Glenn is also left handed.

 

That's a government conspiracy meant to make lefties feel better about their second class existence.  It's all lies.

Don't use that wacky conspiracy talk around Buzz!

Left-handed astronauts:

• Dick Gordon
• Charlie Duke
• Jim Lovell
• Wally Schirra
• Ed Mitchell
• Mike Collins

Edit: John Glenn is also left handed.

Gaffer Tape said:

Pfbttttttt.... what?!  When the hell did Walter Koenig go completely bald?!  He looks like Picard now!

For a moment there I thought it was Clint Howard.

captainsolo said:

FanFiltration said:

 

"Licence to Kill"

This is one of my top five favorites.  I know it has it's cheesy moments, but this film feels much more like an Ian Fleming flavored James Bond then any of the Guy Hamilton, Lewis Gilbert, or other John Glenn entrees.  Bond is at his gritty best, and he has a great personal motivation for his revenge.  The action is realistic, and most of the bad guys don't feel like they are out of a comic book.  They have some real nasty objectives with the drug trade plot, and I love how Franz Sanchez comes completely unglued by Bond's psychological manipulations.  The story moves at a decent pace, and I really enjoyed the Milton Crest character and his roll in the overall drug operation. His fate was amusing, and I almost could find myself  feeling sorry for him. How Bond set him up, was brilliant story telling.  The call back to earlier Bond gags (like the duck disguise from "Goldfinger") was pulled off very well this time around. The Manta Ray disguise was so much more realistic here, than the use of a crocodile disguise done in "Octopussy". The Truck chase was a bit over the top, but it beats Bond fighting in front of a rear projection screen, or fighting on a airplane yet again. Yes, I like this film a lot. Too bad Dalton did not get another go as Bond.  Oh, and I have to add that Wane Newton was excellent in his roll of the greedy and overly sex obsessed Televangelist.     

"Bless your heart!" ;)

Really? You like LTK over everything besides Young's three and OHMSS?

 

Just to be sure, I've been re-watching them all. Just got done with "You Only Live Twice" and "The Man With The Golden Gun", and LTK is still the 5th best "James Bond" Film IMHO. I'll report back in a few days.

Leonardo said:

Don't be shocked, they used to do that. My father's generation (people born in the mid 50s) remembers such times.

Yep my parents (from Hoboken N.J.) told me that they used to slap children in school who tried to use the left hand, and would also use tactics like strapping the left arm so the left hand could not be used. Dark times indeed!  They went to school in the late 1930's and 1940's. 

Around 1975, Star Trek became very popular in syndication, and toy makers started to release a lot of products.  Here are some of the things that I had at that time.

SilverWook said:

I once had one of these.

http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Entex/AV.html

Was totally floored to find out it was pretty rare. (I paid less than twenty bucks for it at a Sears Surplus store in the 80's.) Unfortunately, I had to sell it to pay some bills a decade ago.

That is a way kewl toy! 

Davnes007 said:

FanFiltration said:

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Merlin (sometimes known as Merlin, the Electronic Wizard) was a handheld electronic game first made by Parker Brothers in 1978. Merlin is notable as one of the earliest and most popular handheld games, selling over 5 million units during its initial run, as well as one of the most long-lived, remaining popular throughout the 1980s.

And, don't forget it's sequel: "Merlin The 10th Quest"

I've never seen that!  It's after my time.

I was a child of the 1970's, so here are some of my earliest gadgets

The Little Professor is a backwards calculator designed for children ages 5 to 9. Instead of providing the answer to a mathematical expression entered by the user, it generates unsolved expressions and prompts the user for the answer

Merlin (sometimes known as Merlin, the Electronic Wizard) was a handheld electronic game first made by Parker Brothers in 1978. Merlin is notable as one of the earliest and most popular handheld games, selling over 5 million units during its initial run, as well as one of the most long-lived, remaining popular throughout the 1980s.

Actually, Football, Rugby, and Soccer all have a similar sporting ancestry. Check out a run-down of the naming of these sports to relieve at least some of your angst about the testoster-sport. (It's understandable to have residual angst, though.)

Chris Hemsworth might also be upset that  more people will most likely be going to see Thor 2 to enjoy Loki's new hairdo rather than for his portrail of Thor.