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#257164
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Greatest Songs Ever
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Favorite albums, in no particular order:

Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The White Album, Magical Mystery Tour
Pink Floyd: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
The Clash: London Calling
Frank Zappa: Hot Rats
Frank Zappa: Apostrophe
Elvis Costello: This Year's Model
The Stooges: Raw Power
Elton John: The Tumbleweed Connection
Alice Cooper: Love It To Death
Alice Cooper: Billion Dollar Babies
Jet: Shine On (One of the few recent bands I like)
Joel McNeely: Shadows of the Empire Soundtrack
Johnny Cash: At Folsom Prison
Judas Priest: British Steel
Kiss: Destroyer
Mr. Bungle: Mr. Bungle
New York Dolls: New York Dolls
Queen: Night at the Opera, Day at the Races (both of which are also names of Marx Brothers movies), News of the World
Richard Hell and the Voivoids: Blank Generation
Rolling Stones: Let It Bleed
Rush: 2112 and Moving Pictures
Thin Lizzy: Jailbreak
Velvet Underground: White Light/White Heat
Van Halen: Van Halen and 1984
The Who: My Generation, Who's Next?, Who are You?, Tommy
White Zombie: all of them

As you can see, my taste in music is a good bit different from most people my age (seventeen).
Post
#257161
Topic
Where do I go from here as a SW fan?
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Originally posted by: zombie84
That Greedo explanation is bullshit. The script says that Han fires first. Then its filmed so that Han fires first. Then its edited that Han fires first. Theres never any ambiguity about it. The only thing about it was a stylistic suspense device--you see a flash of a lazer and a burst of an explosion and its cut so fast that it becomes impressionistic--then the smoke clears and Greedo is dead and Han is the last man standing. Thats how the script describes it and you can even see in the finished film that thats the way its clearly edited, and it is specifically structured that way because thats a western genre cliche that Lucas was trying to evoke. Even Gary Kurtz has recently said something to the effect of "Lucas' explanation on its filming doesn't make sense because the scene was designed and filmed with Han firing first and it would have been very easy to film it with Greedo firing first if thats what he wanted." It also would have been even easier to "fudge it editorially" as Lucas has put it. But theres only one laser blast, one laser sound, and a very clear sequence of shots showing Han blowing him away.


Sorry, but you're wrong. Han didn't shoot first.

Han shooting first would've required Greedo to shoot second, which he didn't. Greedo didn't shoot at all.

Therefore, Han shot. Period.
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#257063
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Any Guitarists out there?
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I'm partial to Dean MLs myself, but those are more metal-oriented.

I also really like Gibsons, but they cost a lot (Epiphones are more or less Gibsons for people who can't afford Gibsons). I guess I just like differently shaped guitars, like a Gibson Explorer or Flying V.

If you could find a used Gibson SG (or Epiphone SG, for that matter), it would definitely be worth the hefty price tag.
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#256714
Topic
The Non-Biased PS3 Thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256714/action/topic#256714
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From The Best Page in the Universe


I'm Tired of Sony's Bullshit

You may know Sony most readily as the company that recently recalled something on the order of every laptop battery ever made because of a small glitch (they explode). Then there was the "rootkit" debacle, where Sony secretly installed hidden bullshit on your computer. One of Sony BMG's presidents handled the situation with the delicacy of a gang rape with this quote: "Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?" Good point, shit-head! And before that, Sony was known for its shitty optical drives in their PS2s, resulting in a class action lawsuit. The word "shitty" in the previous sentence is a bit misleading, since I also use the word to describe Renée Zellweger's life, and having to void your warranty by adjusting a cog to fix a misaligned laser inside your PS2 is slightly shittier.

Not content with the reaming they give consumers with their shoddy products and condescending attitude, Sony determined that it didn't have enough bad press, so they decided to wield their giant gnarled cock of corporate greed again, this time training it on a small-time import shop called "Lik Sang." Lik Sang was a haven for nerds who wanted to import games and systems from other countries. It turns out that Lik Sang broke some major laws that not only earned them the scorn of Sony, but pissed Sony off to the point where they sued Lik Sang into oblivion. So what was this grave infraction committed against Sony that not only threatened the very foundation of this giant multi-national corporation, but warranted destroying the lives and careers of a group of dorks running a gaming website? Simple: they committed the mortal sin of selling Japanese PSPs to European gamers. Oh no! Not that!

When I read the law suit, I did a double take to make sure I read it correctly. Sony is suing to prevent people from selling PSPs? Great move, morons! Because if there's anything Sony needs right now, it's fewer people buying PSPs. In fact, PSP sales are part of the reason Sony expects to lose $1.7 billion dollars in their gaming division by March. That means that I and anyone else who makes any money at all between now and March (or at least manages not to lose more than $1,699,999,999.99) will officially make more money than Sony's gaming division. I rule.

This isn't the first time Sony bullied a gaming website for selling PSP imports. In June of 2005, Sony sued a website called ElectricBirdLand (Sony literally hired men in dark sunglasses to deliver the papers to the defendant, because Sony is insecure about the size of its penis), stating that the sale of Japanese PSPs to the UK could hurt their ability to exploit the "excitement and anticipation of the market." Hey Sony, you know what else could help you exploit the excitement and anticipation of the market? The PSP not sucking:

Sony's strategy towards portable gaming seems to be to take the same shitty first generation Playstation games that weren't great to begin with, and make them portable so now we can take an example of Sony's utter-inability-to-stop-sucking with us everywhere we go. SNORE. Nobody wants to buy movies in your stupid proprietary format, assholes!

So why does a company that relies on consumer satisfaction and brand recognition treat its fans with such contempt? Because...

Sony hates you.

Sony would love nothing more than to see you and your family suffer. Sony is like that psycho-ex who you had a few good times with, but was too clingy and the sex got boring. Now it's over and Sony is still stewing about it by leaving you voice mail asking for another chance and promising it "can change."

Tough shit Sony. We've moved on. We're dating your younger, hotter sister, Wii. Even your fuglier step-sister, Xbox 360, looks hotter than you do. At least she's been around the block a few times and knows how to turn tricks. You've got nothing, and it's going to stay that way until you stop being a crabby old cunt.
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#256433
Topic
Saddam Hussein Sentenced To Death
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Originally posted by: Shimraa
yeah thats right, which is what makes me so wery of them just excuting him. hilter killed himself so we didnt have to deal with him, stalin just died. there are so many tyrants in the world but to my knowledge i cant think of one that will ever be killed like saddam. i personally though that napoleans punishment was the best. just excil him so he is gone and outta our hair. drop him on some uncharted island somewhere in the south pacific. do something like that.


In this day and age, I don't think there is such a thing as an "uncharted island" anymore.