Do I really enjoy Coke Zero or am I a pawn of the advertising that tailor made every aspect of this cola to appeal to men. Black can. Stark lettering. No mention of the word "diet" which turns men away.
Give in Warb. There is no fighting the POWER of the Beard Side!
luke.the.darkside.is.fun said:
If the social network is a modern day citzen kane, then the world has truely gone to shit
I take it you didn't care for the picture.
doubleofive said:
Wow, Talk pages are like slightly more coherent YouTube comments.Crazy Wikipedia User said:
Wondering whether this has anything to do with the 99 Names of Allah...
Reading that is what gave me the idea for this game.
Is there an anti-Catholic vibe here Frink? Would it be OK to list all the Deacons of the Presbyterian Church? Or all the Rightly Guided Caliphs? Or all the CEOs of Scientology?!?
Here's the contest.
Find the Wikipedia article that is seemingly the most inocuous topic, with the most heated debated on it's discussion page.
I nominate the discussion page for the 80's pop song "99 Luftballoons"
Bingowings said:
No doubt this changes your mind Warbler, right? Are you now a Beard-Booster??
That's probably it. I missed a good chunk there in my teens.
My little lad, 20 months old, knows R2-D2 as "beep boop." he identifies his as such in pictures and when he sees him on tv. He even recognizes him on my "Star Wars" necktie.
So my wife got this big humidifier for the living room. It's the size of a small ottomoan, white plastic with wheels and a few buttons, lights, and a small digital display on the side.
Last night I'm moving the humidifier to the bedroom, and my baby boy RUNS across the room, hugs it, and goes "beep boop!! beep boop!! beep boop!!" He then pushes it around the room for about five minutes laughing hysterically, calling it "beep boop" the whole time.
He spills water everywhere, but it was the highlight of my day.
fffffff said:
The "no comment." Leads me to believe something is up.
What's up is an almost mind-boggling level of contempt for your customers.
This never happens:
"Hey head of Hostess, what snack-cakes will you be releasing, and when?"
"No comment."
"Hey P-Diddy, will there be music on your next CD?"
"No comment."
"Pardon me CEO of Ford, will next years cars be cars?"
"No comment. But be sure to pre-order."
Akwat Kbrana said:
Bah. Everybody's upholding Christopher Reeve as the quintessential standard of who Superman should be, when Chris Reeve's Superman was really just a cheap knock-off of George Reeves'.
Pshaw!
Neither can hold a candle to Kirk Alyn and his perpetually bemused expression and dainty, almost feminine running.
twooffour said:
TheBoost said:
I disagree with any law that tells someone what they must do with their intellectual property. As much as I enjoyed the 1985 pro wrestling comedy "Body Slam" I don't presume that the owners of that piece of entertainment are obligated to preserve it or present it to me in any high quality format, if at all.
I think what this all comes down to, at the end of the day, is that those films AREN'T purely "Lucas' intellectual property" - he wasn't like some sort of composer responsible for each last note, and the last two movies... well, do I need to go on? Empire was basically Kershner's work. He did meddle with that one the least, though...
So, if anything should become a discussion at congress or whatever - if it ain't already - is the concept of "intellectual property" and its possible abuse.
But he DOES own them. Kershner, Ford, Williams, Oz, Marquand, Burt, the guy who played Lobot; all of them knew going into the process (and this is not in anyway unique to Lucas) that other than very specific clauses in their contracts, they did their work, got paid what they agreed on, and owned none of it.
No one has been tricked. No one has been robbed or abused. That's how movies get made. The person who gets them made (pays for them) owns them (except in rare cases, such as Lucas having the foresight to negotiate the sequal rights to Star Wars).
I disagree with any law that tells someone what they must do with their intellectual property. As much as I enjoyed the 1985 pro wrestling comedy "Body Slam" I don't presume that the owners of that piece of entertainment are obligated to preserve it or present it to me in any high quality format, if at all.
However, I think a rule that packaging must honestly proclaim what is in it, both in food and DVDs is a fair rule, especially in the case of "Star Wars" where LFL has intentionally created so much public confusion.
I'm very curious and excited to see how this plays out. Sounds pretty cool.
TV's Frink said:
xhonzi said:
Step #3: Don't conrfuse average mean with average mode. (You know who you are.)
Is anyone else conrfused by this step?
Only people a bit below the average median.
Warbler said:
no, no, no, no, no.
Just imagine it! Bearded Superman walking around, talking on his cell phone, maybe buying a churro. He could fight Bearded Lex Luthor, who attacks the city in a giant Bearded Robot!! And don't get me started on Bearded Lana Lang!! Boo-Yeah!
I just really craved a Dr. Pepper and went coin collecting all in my car and desk to find the 75 cents I needed.
ChainsawAsh said:
Oh dear God, I wish that were the case.
That's another thing that's a big gray area when it comes to film, though - with so many people that work on it, who owns the copyright? The director? The screenwriter? The producer? The film studio?
I believe that in most cases, the studio owns the copywrite to the film itself, and except in special cases, to the characters and situations as well.
Finished rewatching season one of HBO's "ROME" last night. Such a good show.
SPOILER
...
So, in that final scene do you think Lucius Vorenus would have killed his wife if she hadn't comitted suicide?
hairy_hen said:
Yeah, I was just going to say, has nobody heard of Basil Rathbone? Call yourselves film fans . . . sheesh.
:p
In my defence, I can't see the picture through my work firewall, and just assumed it was Peter Cushing from sky's post.
Although the two men do have more than a passing resemblance.
Now that I think of it, "The Adventures of Bearded Superman Who Can't Fly" might actually be a fresh and exciting angle to take when they make this movie.
skyjedi2005 said:
Hopefully they don't go back to the original comics continuity where superman could not fly and could just run really fast and defy gravity.
I don't think there's much of a threat of that happening.
Warbler said:
Johnny Ringo said:
Warbler said:
Whoever disagrees with me about anything needs to be shot.
what was the above for? It is not what I said and not what I think at all.
Johny Ringo takes his beard talk deadly seriously.
