chyron8472

TV’s Frink said:

I keep going to clean the dust spot off my monitor only to discover it’s your avatar.

CatBus said:

#1 would require some data to support it, I’d think, and maybe it’s already there. Surely there’s some Portuguese drug study people could point to.

People in the United States are not going to rely on data taken from Portugal when making decisions. Especially when the argument is constantly made that “the United States is not [insert country here].” For one thing, Portugal only has the population of the state of Georgia.

Rogue-theX said:

Tamarian Captain said:

Kadir, beneath Mo Moteh: the beast at Tanagra. Uzani, his army with fists closed.

Jean-Luc Picard said:

Furthermore, pursuant to Sub-section D-3 I name… the Grizzelas to arbitrate.

I found a particular hardcover book for $5 in a bargain bin at the local grocery store. I couldn’t pass it up.
It’s a recent YA retelling of Return of the Jedi.

And it inspired me to listen to the audiobook, which I already own.

TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

I have a painful rash.

Thanks.

Sure.

Wait… are you saying you want photos of it?

Possessed said:

Everybody that wants to do it is going to do it anyway.

Which is also why guns laws are pointless?

I’m sorry but just because stupid people are intent on doing stupid things, that doesn’t mean making doing said stupid things legal is the correct action.

moviefreakedmind said:

Alcohol ruins more lives than hard drugs do.

Citation needed.

Per population, yes, but per user, most certainly not.

Drugs ruin lives. There is no amount of meth or heroine or cocaine or LSD (et al.) that does not ruin lives. Alcoholism ruins more families, yes, but because there are more alcoholics. Legalizing drugs would not make drugs ruin fewer lives.

I have a painful rash. Went to the doctor. Turns out I have shingles (reflare of chicken pox.)

Office photo. Taken this year.

TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

yhwx said:

Warbler said:

yhwx said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler, if you don’t like something, report it.

that would be pointless.

Ah, but bitching about it (especially when you’re wrong) isn’t pointless. Got it.

Good luck then.

Please stop being snide.

Already got a square filled up for this week’s bingo card.

“Yeah!”

You know it’s true. He does say things like that a lot.

I have said it twice now. And I am being polite.

Because you said “please?”

Yes. And I asked nicely and respectfully.

yhwx said:

chyron8472 said:

yhwx said:

Warbler said:

yhwx said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler, if you don’t like something, report it.

that would be pointless.

Ah, but bitching about it (especially when you’re wrong) isn’t pointless. Got it.

Good luck then.

Please stop being snide.

Already got a square filled up for this week’s bingo card.

“Yeah!”

You know it’s true. He does say things like that a lot.

I have said it twice now.

You’ve said things similar to that far more times.

And I am being polite.

I never said that you weren’t.

You would prefer I be an ass in response?

If that is your wish.

But I don’t wish to be an ass. And it has previously been effective, albeit occasionally. I do not place myself on a pedestal. I just don’t think my being an ass (at present) will solve anything but rile myself up. At least at present, I’m not in the mood for it.

yhwx said:

Warbler said:

yhwx said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler, if you don’t like something, report it.

that would be pointless.

Ah, but bitching about it (especially when you’re wrong) isn’t pointless. Got it.

Good luck then.

Please stop being snide.

Already got a square filled up for this week’s bingo card.

“Yeah!”

You know it’s true. He does say things like that a lot.

I have said it twice now. And I am being polite.

You would prefer I be an ass in response?

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler, if you don’t like something, report it.

that would be pointless.

Ah, but bitching about it (especially when you’re wrong) isn’t pointless. Got it.

Good luck then.

Please stop being snide.

DominicCobb said:

chyron8472 said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

chyron8472 said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

My favorite class-required read. I’m tempted to steal this class copy.

I listened to Frankenstein recently, and I wasn’t very keen on it. For one thing the monster seemed so very eloquent with his speech, which broke my immersion because a being who had no understanding of language at all not so long ago (and who said he learned language simply from spying on a particular family) should have language skills that are rudimentary at best. This among other issues. The story just didn’t captivate me.

Dracula, on the other hand, was fantastic.

I’d rather read “I ought to be thy Adam, but I am thy fallen angel,” than “eeeeuuurrgghhhhh.”

As I said, he could have language, but he ought to struggle with it. “Thee”'s, “thy”'s and “thou”'s from such a character, and in paragraphs and pages of unbroken eloquent speech, just weren’t believable from an uneducated mind such as his.

Those words weren’t fancy at the time.

It’s not the words. it’s the eloquence in speaking them. His language skills can not be learned from scratch in a year.

DuracellEnergizer said:

chyron8472 said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

chyron8472 said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

My favorite class-required read. I’m tempted to steal this class copy.

I listened to Frankenstein recently, and I wasn’t very keen on it. For one thing the monster seemed so very eloquent with his speech, which broke my immersion because a being who had no understanding of language at all not so long ago (and who said he learned language simply from spying on a particular family) should have language skills that are rudimentary at best. This among other issues. The story just didn’t captivate me.

Dracula, on the other hand, was fantastic.

I’d rather read “I ought to be thy Adam, but I am thy fallen angel,” than “eeeeuuurrgghhhhh.”

As I said, he could have language, but he ought to struggle with it. “Thee”'s, “thy”'s and “thou”'s from such a character, and in paragraphs and pages of unbroken eloquent speech, just weren’t believable from an uneducated mind such as his.

It also isn’t believable for an 18th century doctor to have abiogenetically cultured an artificial human in a laboratory, either.

Methinks you’re evaluating what is essentially a (then) modern mythological cautionary tale in a wholly wrong light.

No, it broke my suspension of disbelief.

Also, Dr. Frankenstein is basically a douche, so when he’s in terror for his life or well being I wasn’t sympathetic. Much of the book takes place from his perspective.

As an aside, and neither positive nor negative, the story was much shorter than I expected it to be.

suspiciouscoffee said:

chyron8472 said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

My favorite class-required read. I’m tempted to steal this class copy.

I listened to Frankenstein recently, and I wasn’t very keen on it. For one thing the monster seemed so very eloquent with his speech, which broke my immersion because a being who had no understanding of language at all not so long ago (and who said he learned language simply from spying on a particular family) should have language skills that are rudimentary at best. This among other issues. The story just didn’t captivate me.

Dracula, on the other hand, was fantastic.

I’d rather read “I ought to be thy Adam, but I am thy fallen angel,” than “eeeeuuurrgghhhhh.”

As I said, he could have language, but he ought to struggle with it. “Thee”'s, “thy”'s and “thou”'s from such a character, and in paragraphs and pages of unbroken eloquent speech, just weren’t believable from an uneducated mind such as his.

DuracellEnergizer said:

chyron8472 said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

My favorite class-required read. I’m tempted to steal this class copy.

I listened to Frankenstein recently, and I wasn’t very keen on it. For one thing the monster seemed so very eloquent with his speech, which broke my immersion because a being who had no understanding of language at all not so long ago should have language skills that are rudimentary at best. This among other issues. The story just didn’t captivate me.

Dracula, on the other hand, was fantastic.

It’s not that I expected the monster to do not much more than grunt and moan, as is the modern cultural trope for his character, but he should have broken English skills rather than sound fairly well educated. As for the story, it seemed to focus largely from the perspective of Dr. Frankenstein, who is an arrogant jerk to put it mildly.

I suppose Frankenstein just really isn’t a horror novel. It’s tragic. So maybe in part the story just wasn’t what I was expecting. But then it’s not entirely tragic because both Dr. Frankenstein’s terror in general is mostly unjustified, and the monster actually is dangerous despite his protestations to the contrary.

suspiciouscoffee said:

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

My favorite class-required read. I’m tempted to steal this class copy.

I listened to Frankenstein recently, and I wasn’t very keen on it. For one thing the monster seemed so very eloquent with his speech, which broke my immersion because a being who had no understanding of language at all not so long ago (and who said he learned language simply from spying on a particular family) should have language skills that are rudimentary at best. This among other issues. The story just didn’t captivate me.

Dracula, on the other hand, was fantastic.

paja said:

chyron8472 said:

paja, are these games on your “need to play” list, games that you have not ever played before?

I’ts Games that i have never Played before and i want to play them soon.

And other People Here can posted there list. as well.

So you’ve never played The Secret of Monkey Island, but you want to? Have you played other point and click adventure games? Monkey Island is fantastic, but it’s 28 years old and I didn’t know people who didn’t grow up with Lucasfilm Games and Sierra Online would still be interested in classic point and clicks these days.

The Curse of Monkey Island and King’s Quest VI are two of my all-time old school favorites.

paja, are these games on your “need to play” list, games that you have not ever played before? If not, what are the qualifications for a game being added to your list?

moviefreakedmind said:

DominicCobb said:

moviefreakedmind said:

What about blaming the suits for making Rogue One bad? That film is obviously calculated to the T.

Nope.

Are you really going to pretend that R1 wasn’t a film that revolved entirely around getting characters from one Star Wars-looking location to the next?

No need to pretend it wasn’t when it already actually wasn’t.

dahmage said:

dom is probably just some corporate shill in a suit. pay him

Warbler said:

DominicCobb said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

Whomever was behind the decision making, I don’t like TLJ. I think I have the right to not like it.

Because we totally said you didn’t have the right.

But it was made quite clear my opinions weren’t welcome in the TLJ threads.

Warb, people complain about TLJ on this forum everyday.

I’m just saying how when I complained the reaction felt. Which is why I stopped posting in the TLJ threads.

For the record, you are perfectly welcome to not like the film.

I wonder though how much of your not liking it was due to a bad experience with people nearby distracting you by being on their phones and whatever else.

moviefreakedmind said:

ZigZig said:

moviefreakedmind said:
the animosity in Northern Ireland definitely stems more from culture and identity than faith.

OK

chyron8472 said:

Protestant divisiveness over there is not actually about faith at all

Not OK

PS: thank you for making the difference between Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Okay, I get what you’re saying. For the record, I did find chyron’s assessment simplistic, I was just commenting on the tone of your response.

It’s heresay anyway. I told you in general what I remember what they in general told me that someone told them while on a tour there. The guide said something to the effect of not even wanting to live in the same neighborhood as the other. So yes, it’s simplistic, but my point is it’s not actually about disagreements between doctrines.

ZigZig said:

moviefreakedmind said:
the animosity in Northern Ireland definitely stems more from culture and identity than faith.

OK.

If you speak only about “the Troubles” (after 1960), then OK, this is a segregation problem based on ethnical and sectarian criteria more than a question of faith.

Yes, Northern Ireland. Not Ireland.

I was not talking about the history. I was talking about the current state of things, so yes, I guess.

My parents went to Ireland recently, and they said they learned that the whole Catholic vs. Protestant divisiveness over there is not actually about faith at all, but is simply a culture war. They also were told that basically anyone who isn’t Catholic is a “Protestant”, even if they are atheist or Muslim. Doctrinal disagreements have nothing to do with it.

I feel that many people who proclaim themselves as Christians just take the label as though passed through the family, or else are a part of the culture but pay no mind to actually what it means to follow Christ. As though being a Christian is merely fire insurance.

Dek Rollins said:

The Disney films are the director’s vision being made with massive amounts of input from Disney/LFL overlords who don’t care about Star Wars.

Citation needed.

Would you prefer Solo to be directed by people who turn Han into a lovably comical rogue, or to have KK step in and replace them with a director who will hopefully do justice to the character?

moviefreakedmind said:

I didn’t give the prequels a pass. I just said they are slightly less soulless.

I’m not sure though how working for Disney automatically leads JJ Abrams, Gareth Edwards, Rian Johnson, or Ron Howard (among the many others involved) to create soulless works. People like a movie or they don’t.

JEDIT: And sure, I can think of two movies right now for which I loved the Director’s Cut but find the theatrical cut to be comparatively “meh.” So yes, producers do meddle and often not for the better. But the company a producer works for is not automatically a source of evil in filmmaking.