This is apparently new?
http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/19/9764016/peter-jackson-the-hobbit-movies-terrible-explanation
What’s the truth?
I did unspeakable things.
Sock!
I went ice skating. Refreshed a few times. Having insomnia and glad the site is back up!
I posted this is another thread, but I think it will be up your alley.
timdiggerm said:
Until someone assures this board that the film does not contain
- universe shrinkage
- teal-and-orange color timing
- "bad" CG
- references to the prequels
- only 3 lightsabre colors
- references to the SE
we won't, as a whole, be satisfied
I didn't know there was such consensus on the matter of lightsaber colors.
One of the more talented and amusing youtube reviewers (The Unusual Suspect) has his Episode I review up. Warnings for crude humor and praise for Episode I (but also plenty of criticism).
I was flipping through Aftermath in Barnes and Noble. The author is fond of colons (the punctuation mark) and sentence fragments. A couple pages back someone said the writing is terrible, how would you rate it?
I'm a Brontosaurus.
Even on the internet we may not be as cool as we'd like to be or to have people think we are. We may get into squabbles or use online forums to vent frustrations we can't vent offline. I am starting this thread as sort of a confession thread and as a total rip off of ender's thread. It's okay for there to be overlap between your real self and your imagined self (do think about what current traits you would keep and include them). Use the present tense for the sake of convenience and obscuration.
I'm well spoken with a clear voice, fit and active, good hair but not vain about it, focused, giving full consideration to others' ideas and making an informed judgment, but always ready to admit being wrong. I get things done and pursue all my passions. I'm original and funny. I handle emotional situations well and I am able to address the emotional needs of others. Above all I'm honest and not afraid.
You know that scene in the Burbs where everyone waits fearfully while Henry Gibson plods up the basement stairs, suddenly appearing and surprising everyone with how small and demure he appears? That was a good scene.
I have a persistent interest in the topic of identity - what it is and its significance.
I'm an introvert. I can get along with anyone and tend to be diplomatic. I am slow to anger, an active sense of humor with people I'm comfortable with. My significant other constantly bears the brunt of my expressions of passion - politics and news; thoughts on books I'm reading; my own ideas for books and movies; anything geek related. To wit, I don't maintain friendships and there are people I regret not keeping in touch with. My general quietude doesn't help to make new friends, as people often mistake my lack of verbal expression to indicate a lack of interest. People are weird like that. My biggest pet peeves are being patronized and Nazis. I don't feel like I've ever "found myself" although I have avoided exploring or committing in too many areas of life. That is a great challenge (rooted in a fear of being hurt/disappointed), and relevant to my interest in identity. Superficially: nice, quiet, smart, and should be doing more with his life! Okay, I should be doing more. I have trouble seeing the light at the end of the tunnel or always appreciating what I have. When nobody's watching "Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey" makes me cry.
Mrebo because he's cool, he's blue, and because of an interest (currently inactive) in playing piano.
But why would Luke Skywalker be more interested in talking about a step-father who was named Lars? That's the problem I see...
I really do like the idea but I don't see how it works given the fact that Luke's last name is Skywalker.
Warbler said:
Mrebo said:
Lyrically and melodically, America the Beautiful > The Star-Spangled Banner
The Star Spangled Banner is the national anthem, period end of sentence.
Don't want to get your spangle in a twist but I'm afraid we will just have to disagree, #semicolon elipsis...
;)
Lyrically and melodically, America the Beautiful > The Star-Spangled Banner
darth_ender said:
Why don't we just adopt "Dixie" as our national anthem? Most people secretly want it anyway!
I'm already whistling it.
Warbler said:
Mrebo said:
Hope everyone had a good 4th of July. The Muppets reaffirm my conviction that we should change our national anthem to America the Beautiful.
No, negative, not, can't, won't, don't.
Our national anthem has(since whenever it was officially adopted as such), is and will always be The Star Spangled Banner and that's that.
It's not too late to fix that mistake. The focus on a battle from the War of 1812 that happened to inspire an amateur poet, put to a rather obnoxious melody, and not even adopted as the National Anthem until 1931(!) does not merit such deference.
Hope everyone had a good 4th of July. The Muppets reaffirm my conviction that we should change our national anthem to America the Beautiful.
Definitely want to see the Sequoias. Will look into that restaurant.
Thank you for the recommendations.
A California soundtrack is a good idea...
I'm taking my first trip to California, for the most part sticking to the coast between LA and SF. Any recommendations on things to do or see?
Had another birthday so I can't be dead yet.
Trident said:
I don't understand why anyone would be sensitive to short-bus jokes and then ride along with clown porn posts as if that was much more normal.
What if one of us had a brother/sister/child who was a clown?
What if I'm offended about pornography being thought of as funny?
But really, what about fat kid jokes? What if one of us is fat? Do we just stop telling jokes because some one might get offended? Or do we just deal with the fact that life is full of shit and sometimes telling jokes is just a way of dealing with it from time to time? I mean after our problems one thing that kept us going wasn't clamming up about it every time it came up, but just laughing about it more and more. We delt with it and it got better and people didn't feel awkward around us because they were afraid they'd offend us. But we have thick skins I guess.
Let's face it, we're all living on a tiny little planet in an increadibly vast universe and we and even our solar system is going to die one day so who really has time to worry about stuff anyway?
Obviously nobody is making fun of Frink's daughter but he is sensitive to jokes relating to people with intellectual disabilities, made however innocently. My position is basically that even if I think a person is being too sensitive about something, in a small circle such as this, once we know it bothers them, we can be sensitive to that. If I had an unfortunate run-in with a clown as a child and expressed that, I hope others would show the same sensitivity.