Tyrphanax

Much like "unlimited" data.

The videos are interesting.

Seems like the kid in the first one is doing just fine and has a reactionary dad, which I can understand. The problem there is more likely a lack of communication in the family than a supposed addiction.

Tyra Banks lolololololololololol. It's funny how she says "It's not our fault because you're beautiful" in that weird reverse feminism "you go girl" vein when she's like 6'2" and a supermodel. Also funny is how the guy was on the computer for ONE WHOLE HOUR and suddenly her life is ending; again, a likely lack of communication at fault here. There's a lot of resentment in their relationship, and I doubt WoW is to blame.

The last couple of videos are great; the kid holding the potted plant reminds me of a watered-down Monty Python character. I totally have the same computer case Kurt does, it contains the first computer I ever built. We also use the same keyboard, though mine is set to be green.

I have no questions at this time.

College football is better anyway.

Interesting, Greenie! I've been getting sick of the Modern Warfare franchise pretty well since BF3 came out, and so I didn't really pay any attention to Spec Ops, but I'll have to give it a look now.

zombie84 said:

I have  feeling I am maybe just an Irvin Kershner fanboy, but I feel like this is one of the better Bond films ever made. Yeah. I'm not a huge Bond fan, so take that as you will. But this film is, in my opinion, every bit as clever and witty as the Connery classics, except it has the better taste to not take itself too seriously and have fun with the idea of an older Bond. Sean Connery looks like he is enjoying himself, at least. Not the best film ever made or anything, but when I watch this film I feel like the people making it were having fun. It has a bad rep with some people, but compared to shit like Moonraker this looks like genius. It has a certain silliness that reminds me of some of the better Roger Moore entries.

Oh yeah! I can't believe I forgot to mention that, it was one of the things on my list, even!

I had seen the film a few times before, but never once did I realize who had directed it until I watched it this time. I paid more attention this time, and the directing really is superb, and there does seem to be a lot of fun going on; it feels very loose and easygoing as a film. I totally agree with all of that, and it's really nice to see Connery apparently enjoying himself again, and certainly not as "tired" as he seemed in Diamonds Are Forever, so it was certainly a better final Bond for him, leaving the franchise more on the right foot. It really seems like an early Connery Bond than anything, and would fit in better with FRWL and Goldfinger than YOLT or DAF did.

I just didn't like the modernization of the Thunderball story is all, or the reimagining of the characters; but I've read Thunderball almost annually since I bought the book (which the original Thunderball is more true to), and I've seen Thunderball more times than Never Say Never Again, so, as neat and fun and easygoing as NSNA is, it just leaves a weird taste in my mouth because of the differences.

SilverWook said:

I would think they would be almost a year apart production wise, and Indy's mine set was at Elstree?

It's entirely possible they had similar crews building the sets. Some set crew transitioned from The Empire Strikes Back to Flash Gordon, and the Arboria swamp looks a bit like Dagobah.

Yeah, they were filmed ages apart and at different places, but it was just one of those childhood associations that stick in your head.

A good point about the similar crews, though. Be interesting to see a list of the workers!

TV's Frink said:

You guys need a Pat Man.

I can envision it:

Doubleofive: "Hey, Pat Man, how many listeners are currently tuned into the podcast?"

Pat Man: "24 :), 25 :), 23 :), 22 :), 21 :), 20 :), 19 :), 18 :), 17 :), 16 :), 15 :), 14 :), 13 :), 12 :), 11 :), 10 :), 9 :), 8 :), 7 :), 6 :), 5 :), 4 :), 3 :), 2 :), 1 :), 0 :)"

Doubleofive: "Thanks for that update, Pat Man; we'll check back with you in a few minutes."

sean wookie said:

TV's Frink said:

Not

Oh boy, here we go.

TV's Frink said:

until

Ugh. Typical propaganda.

TV's Frink said:

a

Really? That's all you can come up with?

TV's Frink said:

quote

Sure, buddy. We can all believe the quotes.

TV's Frink said:

war

Nice. Warmongering. That's just great.

TV's Frink said:

erupts

Uh-huh. Because that's always how it goes: you just can't control your temper in these threats.

TV's Frink said:

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Whatever. Sigh.

Hoth-Nudist said:

3PO during the arena cartoon battle:  Im completely beside myself......this is such a drag. 

concerning the use of "m'lady":  I think "malady" would have been better suited instead,  defining the inclusion of  Natalie Portman in SW movies' in the first place.

Such magical one liners that is the PT.  Seriously though,  the sad thing is that the jokes' on us, the people who initially expected to see 3 quality movies,  to provide an epic foundation to the global phenomenon that is the OT.  And instead we got a maelstrom of shatty acting, writing, dialogue, and silly pun jokes. That combo alone could qualify EP-2 and 3 for a B-movie 2a.m. time slot on Comedy Central.  I heard more laughter from the cheesy, circus-bad lines in the theater than from the intentional pun jokes.  Luca$ took a once epic saga and all its integrity, and starting in 1997, slowly turned the SW universe into a giant goat-fuck.  Im sure the PT was interpreted as comedy to Luca$, as he laughed his way to the bank knowing he suckered so many people into thinking they were getting OT caliber movies, and instead paying to watch god awful, ham-fisted, half-cocked movies and and all the damn merchandise.

Good, now, tell us how you really feel.

One of my favourite lines from Sith:

I have seen a security hologram of him killing... younglings!

I almost blurted out "WHAT?!" and laughed my ass off when I heard that. I honestly expected the music to go DUN DUN DUNNNNN after he said it. Ewan's worst line in the whole trilogy.

Unfortunately, all you power will be added with CGI in post, Frink.

But... but... I gave the canon reason!

Only a Sith deals in absolutes.

We have people hand-colouring these things frame-by-frame, hahaha.

I'm just glad that, for awhile, I knew a little bit more about part of Star Wars than Zombie did with the Prune Faces.

It was weird. I was so used to seeing stuff like the Jabba scene and the extended Mos Eisley intro, that my first viewing of the OOT was admittedly a little jarring; I couldn't have told you where those additions were normally, but they were so baked in to my brain that when they weren't there, my brain had to reset and catch up.

As I thought more about it, though, and watched it a few more times, it really sunk in that the film was so much more streamlined without the additions. It was hard to explain how it worked, but it did; the additions were like taking big square chunks of lead and welding them onto a bullet train - they weighed it down and made it drag more - even the windows on Cloud City, which are a very minor change, distracted you from what was happening in the scene.

I haven't wanted to see the special editions since I came to that realization.

SilverWook said:

It was probably too soon for a movie to have another giant mine set.

Yeah. I actually looked into just to see if there was any reuse going on, haha. Obviously not, but still, the layout felt so similar.

Magic!

I sure hope so.

Yeah, it's pretty funny stuff!

Dang. I'll have to keep my eyes open for this next time.

Finishing off the Moore Bonds:

For Your Eyes Only was an interesting one for me this time around, because I'd never really paid much attention to it before. This time, I realized I knew the big bad guy from somewhere, but I couldn't think of where it was at all. One Trip to IMDB later and I was kicking myself for not recognizing General Veers. Columbo was a cool guy. This film definitely has a From Russia With Love vibe to it with the Red Grant fellow, the code machine heist, the cool ally guy, et cetera, but it still stands on its own fairly well. I never used to think that Melina was all that attractive, but she's grown on me over the years. RIP M, and as much as I love Q, I don't quite dig his expanded role.

Octopussy is the film I feel Moore really starts to show his age in as he certainly seems a lot creakier in this than even For Your Eyes Only, and you can tell they're running out of Fleming's big material and are starting to amalgamate his shorts and whatnot, but it's still solid. Maud Adams is back again, which always threw me off as a kid, was it the same girl as in The Man With The Golden Gun? What? Kamal Khan feels a lot more sinister than many of the previous villains initially, but he tends to slip as the film goes on. Orlov is a cool idea as well, and it's neat to see a division between "good" and "bad" Soviets, because I always liked Gogol. Vijay is a cool ally, and it's too bad he gets death yo-yo'd (a particularly silly weapon that only works thanks to all the conveniently-placed balconies and catwalks and such. Gobinda is a cool henchman who throws back to Oddjob in a way, which I liked. This is one of the busier films, I feel, and I could go on about it further.

WHAT'S THIS?! A sudden interruption from Sean Connery?!

Never Say Never Again. Oh yes. Connery's final goodbye to Bond. He's old. The times have changed (compared to Thunderball) it all feels very out-of-place, but it's still pretty well Bond. Personally, I prefer Tunderball to Never Say Never Again; it's a cooler film, though we do get some neat video game action with Never Say Never Again, I just can't warm up to its take on Largo who just comes off as "meh" and psychotic compared to Thunderball's more suave and controlled take. SPECTRE isn't as interesting, either, though their bomb plot is slightly more grand than just blowing up Florida or whatever (though the plan to steal it is far more outlandish and silly), and I preferred hiding Blofeld's face and making him more mysterious; from my point of view, he started to get more and more lame as we saw more and more of him. Fatima Blush is an interesting henchwoman, and we'll see her type at least once more later on in a more official film. Domino is just kind of there and doesn't feel as human as Thunderball's version. It's still a good film, though I do wish the had been able to swing the Roger Moore cameo for the ending.

And now back to your regularly-scheduled Roger Moore.

A View To A Kill is pretty good, despite all the supposed behind-the-scenes difficulties between actors and Moore's age. I'm pretty sure that half Moore's Bond films start with a skiing scene, though; seriously. It's got a kickin' Duran Duran theme, which is really the start of more poppy songs being used as openers, which isn't bad, I think. Christopher Walken is brilliant as a villain; he really plays it up and nails the part, I felt, but then I like him in everything (his plot does seem a little out-of-touch with the film, it's somewhat hard to care about it). Grace Jones is also a cool henchwoman, there's just something about her that's neat and different than what we're used to; maybe her humanity? Dolph Lundgren makes a tiny appearance in his silver screen debut as well! Tibbit is an awesome character, as well, and it always makes me sad that he dies; I always feel like he was out of his league unlike with other allies. Also Lois Maxwell's last outing as Moneypenny; I always wondered what it might be like if she had become the first female M, but at the same time, I don't think I could take her as seriously given her past with Bond. Stacey is an okay Bond girl, but does just feel a little like scenery; I still really like the firetruck ladder rescue scene, though. Also I always think of Temple of Doom when I see the mine set. I dunno why.

On to Dalton!

Gratz bro!

It's like watching a movie with a commentary, you notice all the little things that you missed the first time around.

Put them in college. Lord knows I have no time for games.

He was vanquished.