Of course dowsing is real. It’s just there’s a risk of digging up the odd evil severed head once in a while. 😉
lol.
i need to have a free day to watch some MST3k with a friend. oh i should have done more of this in college when i had the time…
There will be plenty of streaming MST3K goodness on Turkey Day this week. 😃
Saving the newest set of episodes on DVD for Thursday myself.
In the you can’t make this **** up department. Inbred idiots on twitter who can’t spell or tell Levar Ball and Levar Burton apart.
https://www.thescore.com/ncaab/news/1428056
Of course dowsing is real. It’s just there’s a risk of digging up the odd evil severed head once in a while. 😉
Pretty sure H2 has been out on Blu Ray for a while.
Having seen Halloween 6 I don’t consider that a good thing. 😉
*@#$! I want the Mary Sue crap to stop right now. Another derail and the thread will be locked.
Not in my usage it doesn’t.
How do you use it then?
I guess that’s kind of a bad example on my part because it’s a rare word for me to use. I don’t really like the sound of it. On rare occasions, I use it to describe obnoxious people that can’t help but vocalize how gutless they are.
But don’t you see how “gutless” feeds into that stereotype?
I guess my hangup is that there is one specific gendered insult that is supposed to be far, far worse than any other, even other female-gendered insults, and is unacceptable in any context for very vague reasons of nondescript power dynamics and vague references to “history”. I know about the historical oppression of women, but why this word rather than any other?
I’m pretty sure it’s the same reason that “fuck” is a lot worse than “shit”.
Perhaps to a soccer mom it is, but like yhwx said, they’re kind of on par with each other. I’d say those two are considered worse because of what they literally mean, but then that brings up the hypocrisy of people considering “crap” worse than “shit” so, like I said, the only consistent way to handle this stuff is to either say they’re all okay, or they all aren’t. OR even better, you take it on a case by case basis. Did the person saying it use it in a way that made him asshole? If no, then move on. If yes, then, well, move on but remember that that guy is an asshole.
Fuck is definitely worse than shit. Which gets you an R-rating?
IIRC, the F bomb used to be an automatic R, but I think you’re allowed just one in a PG-13 film these days. Not sure how Spaceballs got away with one and kept it’s PG rating.
It’s been speculated Spielberg dropped some mild profanity into E.T. just to avoid the then dreaded G rating.
It’s amazing to me you can say shit and asshole on basic cable now.
You can say anything on basic cable, it’s not FCC-regulated. It’s Always Sunny aired two episodes with uncensored “fucks,” one of which also included uncensored C-, N-, and F-words (the other F-word). Taboo was aired in the US on FX completely uncensored, with multiple “fucks” and worse in every episode, and Mr. Robot airs uncensored episodes now and again, too.
On cable, it’s all about what the advertisers are okay with. If you can get enough advertisers to fill out your hour or half hour without censoring anything, you’re good to go. No FCC fines or anything involved.
Adult Swim used to bleep out shit but doesn’t anymore. Some older AS shows had oodles of fake cursing such as Sealab 2021. You could hear the unbleeped versions on DVD.
I was taken aback at some rather graphic humping on some TNT series I saw a minute or two of while flipping channels. (I think it only airs at night though.) The MPAA used to be pretty anal retentive about that kind of suggestive body grinding even in a film aiming for an R rating.
Nudity seems to be another boundary that’s getting pushed further as well. Although I don’t think well see any actual naughty bits on basic cable anytime soon.
The irony is these channels still air edited for tv feature films that have been made less explicit than the original tv shows they are airing.
You can say ass and you can say hole but you can’t say asshole. On the channels I’ve seen anyway lol
Pretty sure I’ve heard it on American Dad, which has reveled in cursing since they moved to TBS from FOX.
I’ve heard Jackhole used on a couple shows on network tv in the past decade. Not sure if that phrase existed before that.
It’s amazing to me you can say shit and asshole on basic cable now.
We live in crazy times.
And about Luke not actually being a great pilot because he gets helped a couple times, agree you forgetting he and wedge are the only ones who even survive?
There’s a Y-wing flying away at the end too.
If only three Rebel pilots survived the DS battle, then who the heck are all these guys?
I presume they were keeping the majority of TIE fighters occupied elsewhere while designated squadrons made the trench runs, and flew off in a different direction once Luke made a successful torpedo shot.
I often wonder if those people who made the decision to have [insert TV show/movie/special here] shot on video ever smack their heads in hindsight over their misjudgement.
I doubt too many people foresaw HD or home video, or thought what they were working on was going to air more than a few times. Television shows were often considered disposable entertainment, which is why too many things were erased or just thrown out.
We have a the first color Doctor Who TV story in proper HD, but not Star Wars.
JEDIT: Not saying that DW story is unworthy of the HD treatment, mind you, it’s just kind of mind-boggling when you consider that we don’t (and can’t) even have proper standard def copies of many of the episodes that surround it.
Only by virtue of a labor strike at the BBC forcing them to shoot the entire story on film at the time.
Don’t tempt me. I’m weary of it myself. 😉
Maybe they meant getting turned on?
Getting thrown into a bar table is being beaten up?
For the first six or so years of my life my family for whatever reason didn’t buy a DVD player and all we had was a VCR, and I’ve still got all my copies of the Star Wars films on VHS up on my shelf. Still looking for that Revenge of the Sith VHS though…
Now I want to watch Revenge of the Sith on a worn-out copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a pan and scan tape.
Someone around here is doing a project along those lines with Backstroke Of The West.
DVD players didn’t get cheap until well into the early 2000’s. Would like to know what the last major studio VHS release was in the U.S.
Is Watto wearing a thong? 😉
If The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., Frasier, Sliders, Stranger Things, The Twilight Zone, and Twin Peaks could be combined into a single TV show, for me, that would be the best TV show ever made.
Too Many Cooks!
https://youtu.be/QrGrOK8oZG8
Someone created a massive Blade Runner map for Unreal Tournament 2004 some years back and it’s like running around in the movie. The level of detail is still impressive today. It seriously overtaxed my old PC at the time. I still find little hidden things I’ve never noticed before. And flying around in a police Spinner is fun.
https://youtu.be/PhjWk0RkScs
Why is one curse word considered worse than another? Not entirely sure. I’ve seldom heard the C word used in R rated movies even. Only one I can think of off the top of my head is Silence Of The Lambs.
I think I’ve heard it in more than just Silence Of The Lambs.
I didn’t realize it was considered THAT bad a word. I mean I knew it was a bad word. But it is worse than I realized.
It’s used hilariously in the 1999 film Election.
In one of those kooky coincidences, I heard it uttered in a 70’s comedy film last night. Took me by surprise as I’d seen the film before.
Interesting observation! And had Ani even had a bath since the Pod Race?
The Jedi are probably really horrible with child care. If Palpatine had tipped off the authorities he could have taken over much more easily!